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 File - 445.9 KB]Strategy Background
[PDF File - 725.4 KB]Vision for Victoria's Rivers
[PDF File - 318.4 KB]Integrated Management Framework
[PDF File - 326.3 KB]Specific Management Issues
[PDF File - 502.8 KB]Management Arrangements
[PDF File - 330.4 KB]Appendix and Glossary
[PDF File - 451.1 KB]Overview of the VRHS
VRHS Overview
[PDF File - 811.2 KB]Fact Sheets
Understanding River Health
[PDF File - 174.8 KB]Protecting Rivers and Streams of High Community Value
[PDF File - 248.6 KB]Environmental Flows
[PDF File - 162.4 KB]Managing Water Quality
[PDF File - 184.9 KB]Managing Riparian Land
[PDF File - 198.3 KB]Managing the River Channel
[PDF File - 148.0 KB]Community Engagement and Capacity Building
[PDF File - 148.6 KB]Submissions
01 - South Gippsland Water
[PDF File - 54.8 KB]02 - Glenelg Shire
[PDF File - 87.4 KB]03 - B Burleigh
[PDF File - 5.0 KB]04 - Hepburn Shire Council
[PDF File - 33.0 KB]05 - Goulburn Valley Water
[PDF File - 121.0 KB]06 - Nagambie Angling Club Inc
[PDF File - 99.1 KB]07 - Victorian Trout Association Inc
[PDF File - 321.6 KB]08 - National Competition Council
[PDF File - 281.9 KB]09 - Gippsland Coastal Board
[PDF File - 218.7 KB]10 - Sunraysia Rural Water Authority
[PDF File - 86.7 KB]11 - Wimmera Catchment Management Authority
[PDF File - 243.9 KB]12 - North East Catchment Management Authority
[PDF File - 131.7 KB]13 - Grampians Region Water Authority
[PDF File - 105.1 KB]14 - North East Catchment Management Authority
[PDF File - 96.9 KB]15 - Southern Rural Water
[PDF File - 55.1 KB]16 - Environment Victoria
[PDF File - 14.6 KB]17 - VR Fish
[PDF File - 111.2 KB]18 - Port Phillip and Western CALP Board
[PDF File - 142.1 KB]19 - Victorian Catchment Management Council
[PDF File - 274.4 KB]20 - Department of Infrastructure
[PDF File - 150.3 KB]21 - City of Whitehorse
[PDF File - 3.2 KB]22 - Mallee Catchment Management Authority
[PDF File - 62.2 KB]23 - Rural City of Wangaratta
[PDF File - 38.9 KB]24 - Barwon Region Water Authority
[PDF File - 183.2 KB]25 - Melbourne Water Corporation
[PDF File - 355.3 KB]26 - Western Coastal Board
[PDF File - 357.5 KB]27 - Bellchambers
[PDF File - 98.9 KB]28 - West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority
[PDF File - 156.0 KB]29 - Goulburn Murray Water
[PDF File - 332.2 KB]30 - Casterton Weir Committee
[PDF File - 68.9 KB]31 - Victorian Farmers Federation
[PDF File - 57.9 KB]32 - Corangamite Catchment Management Authority
[PDF File - 97.4 KB]33 - North Central Catchment Management Authority
[PDF File - 112.3 KB]34 - Glenelg Hopkins Catchment Management Authority
[PDF File - 42.7 KB]35 - Knox City Council
[PDF File - 63.7 KB]36 - Shepparton Irrigation Region
[PDF File - 36.1 KB]37 - Victorian Coastal Council
[PDF File - 87.2 KB]38 - East Gippsland CMA
[PDF File - 286.2 KB]39 - Central Coastal Board
[PDF File - 52.5 KB]39 - Central Coastal Board Attachment
[PDF File - 98.3 KB]40 - Shire of Melton
[PDF File - 52.3 KB]41 - Goulburn Broken CMA
[PDF File - 226.9 KB]42 - River Basin Management Society
[PDF File - 64.5 KB]43 - Wimmera Mallee Water
[PDF File - 15.5 KB]44 - C Dunkley
[PDF File - 144.1 KB]45 - CRC Freshwater Ecology
[PDF File - 326.1 KB]