The Sunraysia region, near Mildura, encompasses the Merbein, Red Cliffs and Robinvale pumped irrigation districts of Lower Murray Urban and Rural Water together with the pumped irrigation district of the former First Mildura Irrigation Trust. Visit the Lower Murray Urban and Rural Water website.

Much of the irrigation infrastructure in the Sunraysia region was constructed between 50 and 100 years ago and was designed to provide a lower level of service than is currently required by irrigators in the region.

The Sunraysia Irrigation Project, completed in October 2010, improved the effectiveness of the existing irrigation systems in the Robinvale district.  As part of this project the Victorian Water Trust invested $20 million in the Robinvale District Project to replace ageing concrete lined channels and ‘leaky’ low-pressure pipelines in the 2,700 ha Robinvale district with state of the art, high-pressure pipelines that has improved system reliability and delivers water 365 days a year.  The project is also being supported by funding from Lower Murray Water, which is responsible for implementing the works.

The project has delivered water savings of 1.5 billion litres each year which will be used to benefit the environment.