The multiple-use water services (MUS) is an approach to water services where the design starts with recognizing and planning for people’s multiple water needs. It is the sum of the institutions, services, resources, and infrastructure that allows communities to effectively and inclusively manage their water resources for domestic and productive uses. MUS is one particular form of integrated water resource management. - Merrey et al. 2005

SA State Plan

30 Year Plan targets

State Economic Priorities

Food $20 Billion by 2020, increase export; 25% landusecapability; sustainable use of water ion

Horticulture with reuse water; co-locate intensive industries & processing

Premium Food & Wine; Northern Agribusiness Initiative

Competing Interests, competing values:

• Environmental assets and resources• Housing (south of the river)&

community uses• Horticulture, soil, non soil; &

Viticulture• Trees – citrus & nuts• Livestock• Broadacre• Equine• Animal Husbandry• Waste management• Adelaide International Shorebirds

Sanctuary• Energy Generation

Strengths

•Existing production and production systems

•Experience, knowledge , capability

•Adjacent to Adelaide market and ports

•Fertile productive areas

•Geographical advantage, location

•Trade skills, close to population bases

•Growing local community

•Access to expertise and universities

•Integrated pest management; safe food

•Defence capability

Opportunities

•Strategic alliances, partnerships

•Value added produce development

•Access to markets

•Innovation an technology development

•Education, training and research

•Manufacturing and energy

•A robust plan for a diversified future

•Value add for tourism and brand development

Threats

•Climate change

•Market fluctuations

•Energy access and pricing

•Loss af alliances and partners

•Competing interests, competing values

•Competitors new products and innovation

•Biosecurity

Weaknesses

•Poor international market penetration

•Gaps in experience, knowledge

•Low returns for traditional growers

•Brand; Reliability and trust in markets

•Last mile road fixes for processers

•Stormwater management

•Waste management on farm

•Seedling and seed source vulnerability

•Worker turnover/ Jobs appeal

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Primary factors

SWOT ANALYSIS

Assets:• Existing capabilities and value chains• Water opportunity• Fertile and less fertile soils – guide

uses• Some processing capability• Core transport infrastructure, access

to ports and produce market, local market

• A level of energy infrastructure –opportunity for generation

• Engineering and trade capability• People and culture, stories, tourism

appeal• Regional context• Adelaide Plains Council DAP

Amendment• Workforce• Knowledge• Investment• Defence Capability

Opportunities – limitless:

• Speciality produce• Specialty packaging and presentation• Intensive, high tech horticulture• Hydroponics on less fertile zones• Trees• Mixture of perennial and annual

(market responsive)• Aquaculture• Bio-energy• Processing of food waste – food pastes

etc• Improved pastures• Pork and poultry & value adding

Opportunities – value adding and specialisations:

• Treatment & disposal of waste expertise

• Centre of expertise and excellence• Infrastructure production and

construction & maintenance• Fast access to market for fresh veg

(Edinburgh solution)• Research, education and training • Climate Change management• Amenity and recreational uses• Energy generation• An innovative governance model• Investment and PPP

Rate Limiters:

• Distance from a shared Vision and governance

• Integration of systems• Fast access to high value

international markets for fresh veg• Energy – access and cost• Stormwater management• Water treatment/ management

options for fit for purpose

A Diversified Future:

• Creativity, research, science diverse options

• Assessment + site selection• Embed innovative capacity – target

research excellence• Markets and Sustainability

led…climate informed• Diversity in embedded processing,

service and research industries; manufacturing

• Fit for purpose guiding principles• Community friendly, consumer

aware• A new economic zone?