Surface Water Resources

The North East region is well serviced for fresh water with a series of rivers flowing west from the Great Divide into the southern part of the Murray Darling Basin. The northern boundary of the region is the River Murray, Australia’s largest and most important river system. The flow of the River Murray and its tributaries are regulated through a series of dams, weirs, locks and barrages.

Much of the region’s surface water is derived from the Goulburn and Broken River Basins. The majority of this is used for irrigation. Meanwhile, urban and industrial uses are a reasonably common use of the Goulburn and Broken River Basins, so too are rural uses.

Upper reaches of Tallangatta Creek.

Surface Water Use in the North East Region:

River Basin	Urban and Industrial (ML)	Rural (ML)	Irrigation (ML)	Total Use (ML)
Upper Murray	1 140	130	3 560	4 830
Kiewa	6 410	560	6 190	13 160
Ovens	9 670	3 450	16 460	29 580
Broken	28 560	31 160	741 804	801 524
Goulburn	14 920	26 760	739 020	780 700
Mitchell	3 000	1 060	11 000	15 060

Source: DWR (1989)

Streams, Lakes and Reservoirs, North East Region

This map is intended to broadly identify streams, lakes and reservoirs throughout the region.

The map was derived from the HYDRO500 and TEMP500 layers of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment's Corporate Geospatial Data Library. Original data came from Division of Survey and Mapping's VICBASE. This is a 1983 Digital Map of Victoria which was formed using the AUSLIG 1:250 000 as its base control.

Reference

Department of Water Resources (1989). A Water Resource Handbook. Melbourne.

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