Background to Barossa Infrastructure Ltd (BIL)
Barossa Infrastructure Ltd (BIL) is an unlisted public company which supplies 5,000 to 7,000 Megalitres per annum of supplementary irrigation water to viticulture in the Barossa Valley.
SA Water provides the connection to the Warren Reservoir, supplemented with water supplied via the Mannum Adelaide Pipeline and Warren Transfer Main, from the River Murray.
SA Water is provided with irrigation water rights sourced from the River Murray for the amount of water supplied to Barossa Infrastructure.
This water comes from Water Access Entitlements either purchased or in the form of long term leases and annual Water Allocations purchased on the market.
Barossa Infrastructure Ltd (BIL)
BIL’s customers are the shareholders in proportion to their contracted volume. The scheme cost in 2000 was approximately $30 million, funded about 1/3 by shares and 2/3 by a long term bank loan. Current debt is about $8.5 million.
In addition to usage charges customers pay an annual infrastructure levy.
There was no Government funding although considerable assistance was provided in negotiation of the necessary permits for the scheme.
REGISTRATION OF INTEREST
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Barossa Infrastructure (BIL) has an opportunity to expand the scheme in the next 2 years.
BIL is seeking registration of interest from grape growers who are interested in joining the scheme before 2015 when the opportunity lapses.
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Handover
The new chair of Barossa Infrastructure Rob Chapman with the retiring chair
David Klingberg AO at the company's annual meeting on 5 November 2012
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Emergency Contacts
To report service disruptions or leaks please contact either Steve on 0418 845 738 or Paul on 0407 901 651. For any information please contact the BIIL office.
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