Drought Management

Drought information for Victoria on the DPI website. Status of Water Resources & Supplies Monthly reports on: Rainfall Streamflows Water Storages Groundwater Levels Urban Restrictions Irrigation Restrictions Irrigation Allocations Seasonal Outlook Related links and archives of past months reports are included.	Updated Monthly		Lake Eildon at Bonnie Doon, March 1968 Photo: The Age, 25/3/68
Streams Flowing During the 1968 Drought The 1967/68 drought was one of the most severe and widespread droughts in Victoria in the last 30 years. This page maps streams still flowing, and where flows had ceased, at the end of February 1968, towards the end of the drought.

Relevant DPI Landcare and Agriculture Notes:

Drought reserve dams	"Drought proofing" is a set of strategies and works for enabling a property cope with extended dry periods. These include vegetation protection, stocking strategies, use of stock containment areas, fodder reserves and water reserves.
Measuring dust movement	This note presents a simple and cheap method to gauge the quantity of suspended soil in the atmosphere during a dust storm.
Paddock protection and stock management during dry times	The management of paddocks and stock during dry times requires considerable care to avoid degradation of soil and water, damage to plants or seeds and long term financial loses. We wish to avoid the degradation of 1982/83 though appropriate management. Paddocks should remain in such a condition that soil structure and fertility are protected and ready to respond to the return of wet weather.
Farm water in dry times: a checklist	Little rain occurred in the north and west Victoria during 1994. Runoff was very low; dams rapidly dried up. Were your supplies low then? Are you better prepared now?

Hints on feeding grain to cattle	There are three situations where grain might be fed to cattle - as a drought ration, as a supplement to grazing or in lotfeeding. In all cases care must be taken, especially in the introduction or conditioning of cattle to grain feeding.
Soil degradation control in northern Victoria during dry periods	The management of paddocks and stock during dry periodst requires consideration of a number of factors to avoid degradation of soil and water, and damage to plants or seeds.
Water Conservation on Rural Properties	Includes information on types of storages; water quality and quantity requirements; site selection and design.