Sustainable water services for the agriculture industry and community within the Eton region
News & Updates
Reminder – EICL Prices for 2026-2027
Reminder New fees begin on first April
Acrolein Injection starting 5th Jan 2026
Note that the Stop Time/Date is the time at which EICL staff will shut off the Main offtake and the pump stations. Up until then, supply is guaranteed. Taking water after the Stop Time/Date assists EICL to drain the relevant channelpools/storages, rather than that water being wasted through the scours into the creeks etc.
AGM – November 2025
Our AGM will be held at 7.30pm on the 19th November, 2025 at the Eton Fire Shed.
EICL Newsletter Update – November 2025
EICL member newsletter including AGM and director election results, rule changes, 2026–27 pricing from 1 April 2026, announced allocation (79%), water ordering reminders, water trading info, and channel safety notice.
2024 Financial Statements – Addendum to Annual Report
2024 Financial Statements – Addendum to Annual Report 2024 Financial Statements – Eton Irrigation Cooperative Download
2023-24 Audit Letter
The audit of Eton Irrigation Cooperative Ltd (the Co-op) has recently been completed in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards. Audit procedures were designed to provide reasonable assurance that the financial report has been prepared in accordance with Australian Accounting standards and free of material misstatement.
Locally owned and operated water services company
Eton Irrigation is a locally owned and operated company that delivers irrigation water to over 350 customers. It supplies approximately 15,000 hectares of irrigated land located near the town of Eton, 35km southwest of Mackay in north Queensland.
Eton Irrigation 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.
Eton Area Information
Eton Irrigation, productive and sustainably into the future.
A cooperative owned by local growers, to distribute water allocation to over 300 irrigators.