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Lake William Hovell Lake William Hovell Draft Land and On-Water Management Plan 2013 CONTENTS Executive Summary 4 3.4 Boating 11 1. Introduction 5 3.4.1 Key Issues 11 3.4.2 Objectives 11 1.1 Objectives of this Plan 5 3.4.3 Actions 11 1.2 Plan Context 5 3.4.4 Stakeholders 11 1.2.1 Vision for Lake William Hovell 5 3.5 Fishing 12 1.2.2 Storage Operations 5 3.5.1 Key Issues 12 1.2.3 Legal Status 5 3.5.2 Objectives 12 1.2.4 Land Status 5 3.5.3 Actions 12 1.2.5 Plan Area 5 3.5.4 Stakeholders 12 1.2.6 Management Roles and Responsibilities 5 3.6 Emergency and Safety Management 12 2. Plan Implementation and Raising Awareness 6 3.6.1 Key Issues 12 3.6.2 Objectives 12 2.1 Lake William Hovell Plan 3.6.3 Actions 12 Implementation Group 6 3.6.4 Stakeholders 13 2.1.1 Key Issues 6 4. Environment 14 2.1.2 Objectives 6 2.1.3 Actions 6 4.1 Flora and Fauna 14 2.1.4 Stakeholders 6 4.1.1 Key Issues 14 2.2 Community Education and Awareness 6 4.1.2 Objectives 14 2.2.1 Key Issues 7 4.1.3 Actions 14 2.2.2 Objectives 7 4.1.4 Stakeholders 14 2.2.3 Actions 7 4.2 Invasive Species 14 2.2.4 Stakeholders 7 4.2.1 Key Issues 14 2.3 References 7 4.2.2 Objectives 14 4.2.3 Actions 14 3. Recreation and Tourism 9 4.2.4 Stakeholders 15 3.1 Tourism and Economic Development 9 4.3 Water Quality 15 3.1.1 Key Issues 9 4.3.1 Key Issues 15 3.1.2 Objectives 9 4.3.2 Objectives 15 3.1.3 Actions 9 4.3.3 Actions 16 3.1.4 Stakeholders 10 4.3.4 Stakeholders 16 3.2 Public Facilities and Infrastructure 10 5. Cultural Heritage 17 3.2.1 Key Issues 10 5.1 Aboriginal Cultural Heritage 17 3.2.2 Objectives 10 5.2 European Heritage 17 3.2.3 Actions 10 5.2.1 Key Issues 17 3.2.4 Stakeholders 10 5.2.2 Objectives 17 3.3 Camping 10 5.2.3 Actions 17 3.3.1 Key Issues 10 5.2.4 Stakeholders 17 3.3.2 Objectives 10 3.3.3 Actions 11 3.3.4 Stakeholders 11 2 Lake William Hovell Draft Land and On-Water Management Plan 2013 6. Land Management 18 6.1 Fire Management 18 6.1.1 Key Issues 18 6.1.2 Objectives 19 6.1.3 Actions 19 6.1.4 Stakeholders 19 6.2 References 19 Appendix A – Overview of Storage Operations 20 Appendix B – Storage and Catchment Map 21 Appendix C – Agency Roles and Responsibilities 22 Appendix D – Agency Quick Reference Guide 25 Appendix E – Community Consultation Summary 27 Appendix F – Summary of Actions 28 Lake William Hovell is a peaceful and well-kept place where visitors can enjoy the natural environment of this effectively functioning water storage. Lake William Hovell Draft Land and On-Water Management Plan 2013 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Lake William Hovell is situated in north- Community interaction is a prominent The development of this Plan has eastern Victoria and was formed by the element associated with the been supported and informed by an damming of the King River. The lake, management of water storages, and extensive community and stakeholder named after explorer William Hovell, the management of public recreational consultation process, which included is 18 kilometres south of Cheshunt and use of irrigation storages is a challenge community forums, surveys, focus groups is bordered to the east by the Alpine for Goulburn-Murray Water. Planning, and interviews. Ongoing stakeholder National Park and to the west by State management and resourcing of engagement for the implementation of Forest. It supplies water for irrigated land and on-water issues has in the this Plan will be facilitated through the crops, vineyards and grazing properties past tended to be reactive rather involvement of the Lake William Hovell along the King River from Cheshunt than proactive, with no integrated Implementation Group. to Wangaratta. The storage is also an overarching plans for the management important tourism and recreation of land and on-water issues. This is This Plan is a dynamic document and asset in north-eastern Victoria, being a currently being addressed through will continue to evolve as the various popular recreational asset utilised by the development of Land and On- actions and strategies that it identifies locals and tourists for a diverse range Water Management Plans for all of are developed and implemented. of activities including boating, fishing, the Goulburn-Murray Water storages. It is proposed that this Plan will be canoeing, swimming, bushwalking Each Plan is being developed through reviewed every five years. and picnicking. an extensive process of engagement with communities to ensure the Plans Construction of the earth and rockfill have strong community support for dam was completed in November 1971. their implementation. At capacity, Lake William Hovell holds 13,710 megalitres and has a water This Lake William Hovell Land and surface area of 113 hectares. The storage On-Water Management Plan aims to catchment area is 331 square kilometres identify and protect important values and generates an average annual associated with the waterways by flow of 320,000 megalitres. The full outlining priority land and on-water supply level is 408.12 metres AHD. The management issues and identifying key storage embankment is an earth and actions to be implemented over the rock fill structure of length 357 metres next five years. Most importantly, this and height 35 metres. Releases occur Plan aims to increase communication, through either the cone value or power consistency, coordination and station. The ‘flip bucket’ spillway is a cooperation between agencies, special feature of the storage. The water stakeholder groups and the community level in the lake can vary considerably. to protect the values and attributes of the Lake William Hovell storage. 4 Lake William Hovell Draft Land and On-Water Management Plan 2013 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Objectives of 1.2 Plan Context 1.2.4 Land Status this Plan 1.2.1 Vision for Lake William Goulburn-Murray Water owns and Hovell manages the lake bed plus a narrow The main objectives of this Plan are to: strip of land (generally 200 metres Lake William Hovell is a peaceful and in width) immediately surrounding the • Recognise the diverse range of well-kept place where visitors can waterway. The majority of the values and uses associated with enjoy the natural environment of this Lake William Hovell catchment is the storage. effectively functioning water storage. forested Crown Land, which is used • Provide a strategic framework for for water harvesting, timber production 1.2.2 Storage Operations management of the storage. and recreation. The primary purpose of Lake • Identify important social, economic 1.2.5 Plan Area William Hovell is to provide water and environmental issues, and to downstream communities and develop a series of actions to address The geographic scope of this project consumptive users. Its operational and these issues to be implemented over is limited to the lake, the foreshore management costs are funded by water the next five years. and the surrounding areas. Appendix tariffs charged to Goulburn-Murray B illustrates the Lake William Hovell • Positively influence the management Water’s wholesale and retail customers. catchment area. of development pressures around Any operational decisions, including the storage to protect natural and water levels and release patterns, Direct management control of water cultural values, through agreement must consider the potential effects on authorities is limited to areas of lake with other Government departments downstream users. bed and foreshore public land. While and agencies. this Plan focuses on the waterways and This Plan cannot make any specific foreshore areas, it also aims to positively • Protect the long-term quality of decisions regarding the management of influence activities that could impact the water resource for local and water levels in the storage. Operational on the waterways, the adjacent land downstream users. issues, including storage levels and areas surrounding the storage, and the expansion of the existing storage, are broader catchment. An additional objective is to ‘bigger picture’ questions beyond the achieve general acceptance of the scope of this Plan. For reference, a brief management recommendations and overview of storage operations 1.2.6 Management Roles and responsibilities by key stakeholder is included as Appendix A. Responsibilities and community interest groups. This will be accomplished through 1.2.3 Legal Status A number of agencies play a role in a comprehensive stakeholder and the management of land and water community consultation program This Plan has no legal status. It will issues for Lake William Hovell. Current and technically robust and defensible not impose any new legal or statutory management roles and responsibilities processes used in the preparation of requirements. However, through are summarised in Appendix C. A quick this Plan. influencing policy, it may lead to future reference guide for the lead agencies changes in legislation that will assist in responsible for managing land and on- meeting the objectives of this Plan. water management issues is provided in Appendix D. Lake William Hovell Draft Land and On-Water Management Plan 2013 5 2 PLAN IMPLEMENTATION AND RAISING AWARENESS The isolated nature of Lake William 2.1 Lake William Hovell 2.1.1 Key Issues Hovell raises issues for community involvement in an ongoing Plan Implementation Limited communication and effective implementation group.
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