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Background reports
The Background Reports support information contained in the Draft Strategy, released on October 10th 2008.
Background Report 1
Farm dam interception in the Campaspe Basin under climate change (PDF~3mb)Background Report 2
Impact of future water availability scenarios on reliability of supply in regulated systems (PDF~840kb)Background Report 3
Impact of future water availability scenarios on rivers and wetlands in regulated systems
Part B: Report on Assessment of Impacts of Future Climate Change Scenarios on river red gum forests in Northern Victoria (data collection and proposed methodology) - available by request from regional.sws@dse.vic.gov.au.
Background Report 4
Reliability of Supply in Unregulated Catchments Under Climate Change (PDF~1.4mb)Background Report 5
Hydrological modelling of reserve policy options (PDF~1.2mb)Background Report 6
Economic analysis of reserve policy options (PDF~272kb)Background Report 7
Analysis of carryover options
Part B: Proposal for future carryover arrangements (PDF~456kb)
Background Report 8
Identifying water recovery targets for the environment (PDF~455kb)Background Report 9
An overview of cloud seeding (PDF~273kb)Background Report 10
Hydrological impacts of enlarging Lake Buffalo (PDF~1.9mb)Background Report 11
Indigenous cultural heritage and water
Part A: Indigenous Engagement Project (PDF~2.2kb)
Part B: Cultural Values Assessment (PDF~933kb)
Background Report 12
Development and assessment of actions and policies in the Final Strategy (PDF~1.6mb)Background Report 13
Protecting water users and the environment from uncontrolled growth in domestic and stock water use - an assessment of potential management options (PDF~1.8mb)Additional Reading
A3 reference guides explaining how Victoria’s entitlement-holders are governed and how its water resources are managed
Reference Guide 1: Water Entitlements and Reference Guide 2: Water resource management (PDF~1.2MB)Sleeper licence information on unregulated rivers from REALM model development reports (PDF~246kb) SDLs under changing flow regimes (Main Doc) (PDF~1.2mb) SDLs under changing flow regimes (Appendices) (PDF~3.1mb)
Also see completed statewide environmental flow reports.
Recent Presentations
AWA conference - water and democracy (PDF~222kb)Water Trade - recent policy implications (PDF~148kb)