Eton Irrigation
Eton Irrigation is a locally owned and operated company that delivers irrigation water to some 350 customers. It supplies approximately 15,000 hectares of irrigated land located 35 km southwest of Mackay in north Queensland.
News & Updates
EICL Prices 2025-26
EICL Prices for 2025-26 C (fixed) and D (variable) both up by 1% commencing April 1, 2025 The Board has made the decision to raise the Fixed (Part C) and Variable (Part D) charges by 1% to $49.68/ML and $16.12/ML respectively from April 1, 2025. The annual change has...
Acrolein Shutdown Notice
Eton Irrigation would like to advise that an Acrolein Injection will commence from Monday 14/10/24 to Saturday 19/10/24 to control water weeds. If you have any questions contact John Badger on 0417798913. Acrolein Shutdown Notice Oct 2024Download
Meter Reading Starts Next Week
Eton Irrigation would like to advise that Meter Reading will commence from Monday 23rd September 2024. If you have any questions contact John Badger on 0417 798 913.
Water Information
Water Storage Levels for Kinchant Dam
Water Allocations for Eton
7-day Weather Forecasts for Eton area
Mirani Pumped Volume
Mirani Flow Data
Scheme
Eton Irrigation
Eton Irrigation operates the Eton Irrigation Scheme located near the town of Eton, 35 km southwest of Mackay in north Queensland.
How the scheme works
The scheme sources its water from Kinchant Dam, located 10km northwest of Eton. During high river flows, water is harvested from the Pioneer River into Kinchant Dam where it is distributed through a network of pump stations, channels, pipes and balancing storages.
There are 35km of open earth channels that transport water to various sections of the scheme with a further 130km of pipeline delivering water to customers.
Water uses
Irrigation water supplied by Eton Irrigation is primarily used for sugar cane.
Schematic
A schematic of the Eton Irrigation scheme is shown below.
Note that the NDA Eton Headworks (highlighted below in yellow) are owned and operated by SunWater.
