About Us

The Narromine Irrigation Board of Management committee held its Inaugural Meeting in 1965 with 150 prospective members in attendance. This scheme was the Brainchild of B.F Crawford, H.V Drew, A.J Heywood, H.R Shepherd and J Piggott.  The organisers of this meeting felt it was time to get the Landholders together and make an application to the Government to be considered as recipients of water from Burrendong Dam. (Burrendong Dam commenced storing water in April 1965 and was officially opened in 1967.) Construction of channels commenced in February 1970 and pumps were installed in July. Irrigators began receiving water in February 1971.

The Narromine Irrigation Board of management is located on the Western side of the Mitchell Highway near Narromine and pumps water from the Macquarie River. It covers an area of approximately 120 000 ha with 350kms of earthen, clay lined and compacted channels.

Water is pumped from the Macquarie River by 8 electric pumps at Narromine.

The pumps provide a combined pumping capacity of 1000 MI/Day. Water is metered to individual landholders via Derthridge wheels and Mace Meters. Irrigation water is used to grow crops such as Wheat, Oats, Barley, Canola, Cotton, Sorghum, Corn. Chick Peas, Lentils, Lupins, Citrus, Lucerne, Soy Beans,  Sunflowers and Pastures for fattening Sheep and Cattle.

The Narromine Irrigation Board of Management operates as a Statutory Authority under the Water Act and has a Board of Management, with 10 members. The members are elected by the Property Owners and meet once a month.