Water resource reporting

We use monitoring and reporting to enable smart decision-making in water management and regional planning, and to track our progress towards Water for Victoria targets.

Monitoring

A range of monitoring programs provide important baseline data on the health of our water including streams and wetlands and enables us to make informed management decisions.

This data can now be accessed through the Water Measurement Information System.

Reporting

Up-to-date summaries of Victoria’s water resources are easily available between the current water snapshot, the monthly water report and interactive water in your region toolkit. These resources include information about rainfall, streamflows, storages, irrigation allocations, restrictions and water for the environment.

Victorian Water Accounts

Once a year, the Department produces the Victorian Water Accounts which provide an annual overview of water availability and use across Victoria at bulk supply level, including a detailed water account for each of Victoria's 29 river basins and 20 groundwater catchments. Current and past Accounts can be found on the Victorian Water Register website.

There are also now two digital VWA offerings available: the Online Victorian Water Accounts and the VWA Highlights. Both of these sites are updated and released with the pdf report each year.

Visualisations