Water
Water Resource Management | Access to Surface Water | River Health and Water Quality
 | The Goulburn Catchment is the largest catchment in Victoria. It covers 1.62 million ha or just over 7% of Victoria's area. The Goulburn Broken Catchment makes up some 2% of the Murray Darling Basin but provides 11% of the Basin's stream flow. Surface water in the region is managed through a network of storages including Lake Eildon and the Goulburn Weir. The region is highly dependent on the supply of high quality water for agricultural, industrial and domestic uses. The groundwater resource varies in quality across the region. A number of Groundwater Management Areas have been established to assist in managing this resource. |
In June 2004 the Victorian State Government announced the biggest program of water sector reform and water pricing in the State's history. Our Water Our Future (external link) is an 'action plan' to enable smarter water use and management across the State. It sets out 110 new initiatives for water conservation aimed at every sector of the community. It examines household use, industrial and agricultural use, recreation and tourism, environmental impacts, pricing, population increases and climate change to ensure there is plenty of water to sustain growth over the next 50 years.
A wide range of Victorian Resources data (external link) can be accessed via MapShare (external link) in the form of an interactive map, using information from DSE. This information includes active water quantity sites, active water quality sites, active Waterwatch sites, Index of Stream Condition sites, active EPA sites, and groundwater bores.
The Victorian Water Resources Data Warehouse (external link) is dedicated to disseminating up-to-date information on Victoria's water resources. The site gives access to both raw and summary data on both water quality and quantity throughout Victoria, and is a central repository for published documents produced from this data.
Water information on Statewide VRO website.
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This document was last reviewed on 15/12/2008