Action plan
Improving arrangements for urban waterways (Action 3.1)
Responsibility: Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning
Delivery partners: To be confirmed – Will reflect government response to the Yarra River Protection Ministerial Advisory Committee
Water and Planning Ministers announce the Waterways of the West
Protect water quality through the State Environment Protection Policy (Action 3.2)
Responsibility: Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning
Delivery partners: Water corporations, catchment management authorities, Environment Protection Authority, local government, Traditional Owners and Aboriginal Victorians
Invest in integrated catchment management (Action 3.3)
Responsibility: Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, catchment management authorities
Delivery partners: Water corporations, local government, Traditional Owners and Aboriginal Victorians, communities
Our Catchments, Our Communities Leadership Development Grants:
Provide long-term investment to improve waterway health (Action 3.4)
Responsibility: Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, catchment management authorities
Delivery partners: Water corporations, local government, Traditional Owners and Aboriginal Victorians, communities
Waterway Management Twinning Program
Improve environmental water management in a changing climate (Action 3.5)
Responsibility: Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning
Delivery partners: Water corporations, catchment management authorities, local government, Traditional Owners and Aboriginal Victorians, communities, Victorian Environmental Water Holder
Better monitor and report on the benefits of environmental watering (Action 3.6)
Responsibility: Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victorian Environmental Water Holder
Delivery partners: Water corporations, catchment management authorities, Traditional Owners and Aboriginal Victorians, recreational users
Ensure clear and transparent charging arrangements (Action 3.7)
Responsibility: Water corporations
Delivery partners: Victorian Environmental Water Holder, Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Essential Services Commission
Support community partnerships and citizen science (Action 3.8)
Responsibility: Catchment management authorities
Delivery partners: Landcare groups, angling groups, Traditional Owners and Aboriginal Victorians, communities
World Fish Migration Day with Merv Hughes
EstuaryWatch monitoring at Merriman Creek
Improve knowledge and information about waterways and catchments (Action 3.9)
Responsibility: Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, catchment management authorities
Delivery partners: Researchers