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Healthy Rivers, Healthy Communities & Regional Growth - Victorian River Health Strategy

The Victorian Government is committed to protecting and restoring our rivers and catchments and safeguarding the regional economies that are dependent on them.

The Victorian River Health Strategy (VRHS) outlines the Government’s long-term direction for the management of Victoria’s rivers. It provides a clear vision for the management of rivers in Victoria, comprehensive policy direction on issues affecting river health and most importantly, a blueprint for integrating all our efforts on rivers and for ensuring that we get the most effective river health benefits for the effort and resources invested.

The VRHS provides the framework for regional communities to make decisions on river protection and restoration and to find the balance between using our rivers and maintaining their ecological condition. It has been developed in close consultation with key stakeholder groups.

A draft VRHS was released for a period of public review between 1 March 2002 and 17 May 2002. The aim of the consultation process was to gain broad support for the VRHS across Victoria and to allow the community to highlight issues that may have been overlooked. Forty-five formal submissions have been received during this process and are published here. As well, a number of informal and within-Government submissions were received. These submissions contributed to the final strategy which was released on 9 August 2002.

The VRHS, an Overview of the VRHS and supporting Fact Sheets can be viewed or downloaded below. To receive a hard copy of the Strategy and/or the Overview and Fact Sheets, please contact the Customer Service Centre on 136186.

Victorian River Health Strategy

Foreword and Introduction (PDF - 446 Kb)
Strategy Background (PDF - 725 Kb)
Vision for Victoria's Rivers (PDF - 318 Kb)
Integrated Management Framework (PDF - 326 Kb)
Specific Management Issues (PDF - 503 Kb)
Management Arrangements (PDF - 330 Kb)
Appendix and Glossary (PDF - 451 Kb)


Overview of the VRHS

VRHS Overview (PDF - 811 Kb)


Fact Sheets

Understanding River Health (PDF - 175 Kb)
Protecting Rivers and Streams of High Community Value (PDF - 249 Kb)
Environmental Flows (PDF - 162 Kb)
Managing Water Quality (PDF - 185 Kb)
Managing Riparian Land (PDF - 198 Kb)
Managing the River Channel (PDF - 148 Kb)
Community Engagement and Capacity Building (PDF - 149 Kb)


Submissions

01 - South Gippsland Water (PDF - 55 Kb)
02 - Glenelg Shire (PDF - 87 Kb)
03 - B Burleigh (PDF - 5 Kb)
04 - Hepburn Shire Council (PDF - 33 Kb)
05 - Goulburn Valley Water (PDF - 121 Kb)
06 - Nagambie Angling Club Inc (PDF - 99 Kb)
07 - Victorian Trout Association Inc (PDF - 322 Kb)
08 - National Competition Council (PDF - 282 Kb)
09 - Gippsland Coastal Board (PDF - 219 Kb)
10 - Sunraysia Rural Water Authority (PDF - 87 Kb)
11 - Wimmera Catchment Management Authority (PDF - 244 Kb)
12 - North East Catchment Management Authority (PDF - 132 Kb)
13 - Grampians Region Water Authority (PDF - 105 Kb)
14 - North East Catchment Management Authority (PDF - 97 Kb)
15 - Southern Rural Water (PDF - 55 Kb)
16 - Environment Victoria (PDF - 15 Kb)
17 - VR Fish (PDF - 111 Kb)
18 - Port Phillip and Western CALP Board (PDF - 142 Kb)
19 - Victorian Catchment Management Council (PDF - 274 Kb)
20 - Department of Infrastructure (PDF - 150 Kb)
21 - City of Whitehorse (PDF - 3 Kb)
22 - Mallee Catchment Management Authority (PDF - 62 Kb)
23 - Rural City of Wangaratta (PDF - 39 Kb)
24 - Barwon Region Water Authority (PDF - 183 Kb)
25 - Melbourne Water Corporation (PDF - 355 Kb)
26 - Western Coastal Board (PDF - 357 Kb)
27 - Bellchambers (PDF - 99 Kb)
28 - West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority (PDF - 156 Kb)
29 - Goulburn Murray Water (PDF - 332 Kb)
30 - Casterton Weir Committee (PDF - 69 Kb)
31 - Victorian Farmers Federation (PDF - 58 Kb)
32 - Corangamite Catchment Management Authority (PDF - 97 Kb)
33 - North Central Catchment Management Authority (PDF - 112 Kb)
34 - Glenelg Hopkins Catchment Management Authority (PDF - 43 Kb)
35 - Knox City Council (PDF - 64 Kb)
36 - Shepparton Irrigation Region (PDF - 36 Kb)
37 - Victorian Coastal Council (PDF - 87 Kb)
38 - East Gippsland CMA (PDF - 286 Kb)
39 - Central Coastal Board (PDF - 53 Kb)
39 - Central Coastal Board Attachment (PDF - 98 Kb)
40 - Shire of Melton (PDF - 52 Kb)
41 - Goulburn Broken CMA (PDF - 227 Kb)
42 - River Basin Management Society (PDF - 65 Kb)
43 - Wimmera Mallee Water (PDF - 15 Kb)
44 - C Dunkley (PDF - 144 Kb)
45 - CRC Freshwater Ecology (PDF - 326 Kb)