The My Victorian Waterway report shows Victorians feel a strong connection to their local waterway and most have good knowledge of river health issues.

The report is based on the results of a survey completed by more than 7000 Victorians who answered questions about how they use and care for their local waterways as well as their knowledge of river health issues and aspirations for the future of our waterways.

The information from the survey is being used to improve the Victorian Government’s understanding of what Victorian communities would like to see from waterway management.

Some key findings of the survey include:

• Victorians visit waterways to engage in a wide variety of recreational and commercial activities. Results found that 92% visit waterways to enjoy scenery; 76% to walk, hike or cycle; 37% to plant native trees and clear weeds; 36% to fish and 21% for stock and irrigation purposes
• 99% of Victorians have high aspirations for our waterways and 98% agree that it is important for our waterways to be as healthy as possible so they continue to provide for our needs
• 83% feel most personally connected to a waterway local to them and 96% agree that they have a personal responsibility to our waterways
• 67% of Victorians have good to excellent knowledge of waterway health.

Full report:

My Victorian Waterway (PDF~860kB)
My Victorian Waterway (RTF~105kB)