Farm Dams - Further Information
- Farm Dam Advice pamphlets, compiled by Barry Lewis for Southern Rural Water. A Series of 20 pamphlets covering a range of topics of interest to landholders planning farm dams.Available from Southern Rural Water (external link)
- D. Hill and N. Edquist, Wildlife and Farm Dams: a Guide, the R.E. Ross Trust and Dept. Conservation & Environment, Melbourne, 1986.
- Greening Australia, Trees at Work: Improving your Farm Dam, Dept. Environment, Sport & Territories, Canberra.
- K.D. Nelson, Design and Construction of Small Earth Dams, Melbourne, Inkata Press, 1985.
- B. Lewis, Your Dam - an Asset or a Liability, Dept. Conservation & Natural Resources, Melbourne, 1992.
Farm Dams (Irrigation) Review The Victorian Farm Dams (Irrigation) Review Committee is reviewing the management of irrigation dams and other related water resource management issues. To facilitate this review, the Committee's web site has available a series of Fact Sheets and Discussion Papers on farm dam policy and management issues. |  Farm dam, near Moe, Gippsland. Photo: Barry Lewis |
- Finding a dam site
- A gully dam or a hillside dam?
- Soil materials for farm dam construction
- How to avoid dam construction failures
- Trickle flow pipes for farm dams
- How to maintain your farm dam
- Minimising algal growth in farm dams
- Organic pollution in farm dams: prevention and treatment
- Water quality for farm water supply
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This document was last reviewed on 05/11/2010