About WIDCORP

• Mission
• Strategic Plan
• Communication Strategy
• Board
• Research Advisory Committee
• Research Team

The Water In Drylands Collaborative Research Program is a collaboration of peak regional and State Government organisations - Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment, GWM Water, the University of Ballarat and Wimmera Uniting Care.

Ongoing investment in WIDCORP commits program partners to collaboratively work to identify and invest in high quality research that underpins, supports and promotes the economic prosperity, environmental sustainability and social wellbeing of the communities of the Wimmera Mallee region.

WIDCORP aims to contribute to a positive future for regional areas, specifically dryland agricultural regions in Australia by identifying and optimizing opportunities that arise from the availability of quality, reliable water. The Wimmera Mallee pipeline project provides a unique opportunity as a case study of a dryland region undergoing major water reform.

Research will be undertaken concurrently with the construction of the pipeline and forms the basis for an on-going research program at the Horsham campus of the University of Ballarat. It will build regional capacity and capability through alliances with other research organisations and agencies to deliver quality research outcomes for the Wimmera and Mallee communities and other dryland agricultural regions.