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Final Northern Region Sustainable Water Strategy

The final Northern Region Sustainable Water Strategy was released on 9 November 2009.

The Strategy outlines the government’s committed actions to secure the region’s water future over the next 50 years. It includes implementation details such as timing and responsibility for key actions.

Fact Sheets: Fact Sheet 1: About the Strategy (PDF~521kb)Fact Sheet 2: Future threats to water resources (PDF~523kb)Fact Sheet 3: Sharing water resources in the Murray-Darling Basin (PDF~347kb)Fact Sheet 4: Domestic and stock water (PDF~521kb)Fact Sheet 4b: Domestic and stock water - detailed information (PDF~546kb)Fact Sheet 5: Groundwater and upper catchment water users (PDF~346kb)Fact Sheet 6: Certainty and choice (PDF~452kb)Fact Sheet 7: Modern irrigation for high value farming (PDF~422kb)Fact Sheet 8: Protecting the environment (PDF~412kb)Fact Sheet 9: Water for homes, business and industry (PDF~347kb)
Executive Summary:
Executive Summary (PDF~2.9mb)
Chapter 1: What is the Northern Region Sustainable Water Strategy?(PDF~3.0mb)
Reference Guide 1:
Water entitlements (PDF~708.8kb)
Reference Guide 2: Water resource management (PDF~1.7mb)
Chapter 2:
Managing future threats to water resources (PDF~2.8mb)
Chapter 3: Sharing water resources in the Murray-Darling Basin (PDF~2.0mb)
Chapter 4:
Secure rights to water (PDF~2.9mb)
Chapter 5: Certainty and flexibility for entitlement-holders (PDF~2.0mb)
Chapter 6:
Modern, efficient and sustainable irrigation (PDF~2.1mb)
Chapter 7: High-value rivers, wetlands and floodplains (PDF~3.0mb)
Chapter 8:
Safe and reliable drinking water (PDF~2.8mb)
Chapter 9: Prosperous, dynamic and resilient communities (PDF~1.6mb)
Chapter 10:
Delivering the Strategy and Further Information (PDF~2.8mb)
Appendices: Appendices (PDF~1.7mb)
Glossary, Acronyms and End notes:
Glossary, Acronyms and End notes (PDF~805kb)

Read background reports that support information found in the Strategy.

If you would like a hard copy of this document, call 136186 or email customer.service@dse.vic.gov.au.