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Environmental Audit of the Goulburn River – Lake Eildon to the Murray River
ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT OF THE GOULBURN RIVER – LAKE EILDON TO THE MURRAY RIVER ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT OF THE GOULBURN RIVER – LAKE EILDON TO THE MURRAY RIVER EPA Victoria 40 City Road, Southbank Victoria 3006 AUSTRALIA September 2005 Publication 1010 ISBN 0 7306 7647 1 © Copyright EPA Victoria 2005 This publication is copyright. No part of it may be reproduced by any process except in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright Act 1968. ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT OF THE GOULBURN RIVER – LAKE EILDON TO THE MURRAY RIVER Environmental audit of the Goulburn River Lake Eildon to the Murray River I, John Nolan, of Nolan-ITU Pty Ltd, an environmental auditor appointed pursuant to the Environment Act 1970 (‘the Act’), having: i. been requested by the Environment Protection Authority Victoria on behalf of the Minister for Environment and Water to undertake an environmental audit of the Goulburn River— Lake Eildon to the Murray River—with the primary objective of obtaining the information and understanding required to guide the management of the Goulburn River towards providing a healthier river system. This included improvements towards meeting the needs of the environment and water users, thereby reducing the likelihood of further fish kill events in the future ii. had regard to, among other things, the: • Environment Protection Act 1970 (the Act) • Water Act 1989 • Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994 • Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1998 • Fisheries Act 1995 • Heritage River Act 1992 • Safe Drinking Water Act 2003 • Emergency Management Act 1986 • Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) Act 1992 • Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 • State Environment Protection Policy (Water of Victoria) 2003 and the following relevant documents • Victorian River Health Strategy • Goulburn Broken Regional Catchment Strategy • Draft Goulburn Broken Regional River Health Strategy • Murray-Darling Basin Commission’s (MDBC) Native Fish Strategy • Goulburn Eildon Fisheries Management Plan iii. -
Annual Report 2005/06 OUR MISSION
goulburn-murray water annual report 2005/06 OUR MISSION To deliver sustainable water services that meet customer and stakeholder needs and support regional economic growth, while balancing social, economic and environmental considerations. OUR VALUES Human safety, the environment and customer service are our highest priorities Sustainability is our commitment to future generations Cooperation based on the involvement of people is the key to progress Openness builds trust, knowledge and understanding Integrity, respect and pride are valued characteristics of our people Continual improvement is essential and underpins our future Contents OUR PERFORMANCE AT A GLANCE - 2005/06 4 GOVERNANCE 9 ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY 13 SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY 25 ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY 39 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 59 GOULBURN-MURRA APPENDICES 83 Y W A TER Annual Repor t 2005/06 1 Report from the Chairperson scheme (which won the prestigious media reports the excellent work of National Salinity prize and diverts our farmers as they increase water use 22,000 tonnes of salt from the Murray efficiency. Our new information each year), are either finished or caravan, ‘Water Wheels’, now informs nearing completion. both our customers and the public of these changes. The new Water Storage Amenity Unit and our revised approach to leasing We accept our responsibilities to and maintenance of recreation and support regional development and will public use assets have won great use the reconfiguration plans already support from local government and piloted in the Pyramid-Boort irrigation local communities. Essentially, our area as a model in all irrigation policy is to offer longer leases and districts to allow a clear vision to security in return for more investment emerge in each community about the This Board is now in the last year of its by business owners to enhance the future of water use and associated three-year appointment and it is timely appearance and customer satisfaction land zoning and channel maintenance. -
Melbourne Water Corporation 1998/1999 Annual Report
MW AR1999 TextV3 for PDF 5/11/99 4:09 PM Page 1 M ELBOURNE WATER C ORPORATION 1998/1999 A NNUAL R EPORT MW AR1999 TextV3 for PDF 5/11/99 4:09 PM Page 2 C ONTENTS 2 Chairman’s Report 4 Managing Director’s Overview 6 Business Performance Overview 10 Maximise Shareholder Value 18 Achieve Excellent Customer Service 22 Be a Leader in Environmental Management 28 Fulfil Our Community Obligations 34 Corporate Governance 38 Five Year Financial Summary 39 Financial Statements 33 Statement of Corporate Intent The birds illustrated on the front cover are the Great-billed Heron and the White Egret. MW AR1999 TextV3 for PDF 5/11/99 4:09 PM Page 1 M ELBOURNE WATER C ORPORATION 1998/1999 A NNUAL R EPORT Melbourne Water is a statutory corporation wholly owned by the Government of Victoria. The responsible Minister is the Hon. Patrick McNamara, Minister for Agriculture and Resources. VISION To be a leader in urban water cycle management P URPOSE Melbourne Water exists to add value for its customers and the community by operating a successful commercial business which supplies safe water, treats sewage and removes stormwater at an acceptable cost and in an environmentally sensitive manner. VALUES Melbourne Water’s values determine its behaviour as an organisation. The values are innovation, cooperation, respect, enthusiasm, integrity and pride. They are a guide to employees on how they should conduct their activities. Through embracing and abiding by the values, employees demonstrate to others the principles by which Melbourne Water conducts its business. 1 MW AR1999 TextV3 for PDF 5/11/99 4:09 PM Page 2 C HAIRMAN’S REPORT During the year Melbourne Water produced a solid financial result and completed several major projects for the long-term benefit of our customers and the community. -
Bandula Kendaragama
Bandula Kendaragama (Principal, Freelance International Dam Safety Consultant, Melbourne, Australia, ABN 93 559 565 253) - Chronology of projects undertaken from 1978 to 2021. Note: Details of these projects are available in the detailed CV (World Bank format). 165 2020 to 2021 India – Drafting methodology sections of (1) Dam Safety Institutional Strengthening and (2) Dam Instrumentation of the proposal for the World Bank funded Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (DRIP), phases 2 and 3, involving approximately 700 dams in 19 states. 164 20 January 2021 Inspections of Mulligan Flat Dam (20 January 2021). 163 19 January 2021 Quarterly dam safety inspection of Scrivener dam, Canberra, Australia. 162 16 December 2020 Training course on Dam Safety Emergency Management Plans (DSEMP) to staff of Thwake CFRD and SMEC Malaysia. 161 September 2020 Safety and Surveillance Services of Scrivener Dam, Canberra (September 2020), Australia. 160 November 2020 Queanbeyan Pond Embankment - Seepage Investigations, ACT, January 2021 Canberra, Australia 159 November 2020 Inspections of 38 Retarding Basins of Melbourne Water, Melbourne, Australia. 158 October to 2020 Annual Dam Safety Inspections of 7 dams, AGL, Victoria, November 2020 Australia. 157 October 2020 Geotechnical investigations of Pond 2 of Queanbeyan - Palerang Regional Council, NSW, Australia. 156 14 October 2020 Training course on Concrete Face Rockfill Dams (CFRD), Site staff of Thwake Dam, SMEC (Malaysia), Irrigation Department (Sri Lanka), Mahaweli Authority (Sri Lanka) and Central Engineering Consultancy Review (Sri Lanka). 155 30 September 2020 Training course on Instrumentation of Concrete Face Rockfill Dams (CFRD), Site staff of Thwake Dam, SMEC (Malaysia), Irrigation Department (Sri Lanka), Mahaweli Authority (Sri Lanka) and Central Engineering Consultancy Review (Sri Lanka). -
Dynamics of Microbial Pollution in Surface Waters and the Coastal Ocean Through a Program of Review, Field Experimentation and Numerical Modelling
Dynamics of microbial pollution in aquatic systems Matthew Richard Hipsey B.Sc (Hons) (Environmental Science) M.Eng.Sc (Environmental Engineering) This thesis is presented for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy of The University of Adelaide School of Earth and Environmental Sciences May 2007 Microbial pollution in aquatic systems M.R. Hipsey Pg iii Table of Contents List of Figures ......................................................................................................................................... vii List of Tables ...........................................................................................................................................xi Abstract ................................................................................................................................................. xiii Acknowledgements............................................................................................................................... xvii Preface .................................................................................................................................................. xix Chapter 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................1 An Emerging Threat .............................................................................................................................3 Surrogates for Indicating Pathogen Threats.........................................................................................5 -
Chapter 3. Landscape, People and Economy
Chapter 3. Landscape, people and economy Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning 3. Landscape, people and economy This chapter provides a brief description of the landscape, people and economic drivers in the water resource plan areas. Working rivers The rivers of these water resource plan areas provide many environmental, economic, and social benefits for Victorian communities. Most of northern Victoria’s rivers have been modified from their natural state to varying degrees. These modifications have affected hydrologic regimes, physical form, riparian vegetation, water quality and instream ecology. Under the Basin Plan it is not intended that these rivers and streams be restored to a pre-development state, but that they are managed as ‘working rivers’ with agreed sustainable levels of modification and use and improved ecological values and functions. 3.1 Features of Victorian Murray water resource plan area The Victorian Murray water resource plan area covers a broad range of aquatic environments from the highlands streams in the far east, to the floodplains and wetlands of the Murray River in the far west of the state. There are several full river systems in the water resource plan area, including the Kiewa and Mitta Mitta rivers. Other rivers that begin in different water resource plan areas converge with the River Murray in the Victorian Murray water resource plan area. There are a significant number of wetlands in this area, these wetlands are managed by four catchment management authorities (CMAs): North East, Goulburn Broken, North Central and Mallee and their respective land managers. The Victorian Murray water resource plan area extends from Omeo in the far east of Victoria to the South Australian border in the north west of the state. -
Water Politics in Victoria: the Impact of Legislative Design, Policy
Water Politics in Victoria The impact of legislative design, policy objectives and institutional constraints on rural water supply governance Benjamin David Rankin Thesis submitted in total fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Swinburne Institute for Social Research Faculty of Health, Arts and Design Swinburne University of Technology 2017 i Abstract This thesis explores rural water supply governance in Victoria from its beginnings in the efforts of legislators during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to shape social and economic outcomes by legislative design and maximise developmental objectives in accordance with social liberal perspectives on national development. The thesis is focused on examining the development of Victorian water governance through an institutional lens with an intention to explain how the origins of complex legislative and administrative structures later come to constrain the governance of a policy domain (water supply). Centrally, the argument is concentrated on how the institutional structure comprising rural water supply governance encouraged future water supply endeavours that reinforced the primary objective of irrigated development at the expense of alternate policy trajectories. The foundations of Victoria’s water legislation were initially formulated during the mid-1880s and into the 1890s under the leadership of Alfred Deakin, and again through the efforts of George Swinburne in the decade following federation. Both regarded the introduction of water resources legislation as fundamentally important to ongoing national development, reflecting late nineteenth century colonial perspectives of state initiated assistance to produce social and economic outcomes. The objectives incorporated primarily within the Irrigation Act (1886) and later Water Acts later become integral features of water governance in Victoria, exerting considerable influence over water supply decision making. -
Lake Eildon Land and On-Water Management Plan 2012 Table of Contents
Lake Eildon Land and On-Water Management Plan 2012 Table of Contents Executive Summary ....................................................3 3.5 Healthy Ecosystems ...........................................24 1. Objectives of the Plan ..........................................4 3.5.1 Native Flora and Fauna ............................24 2. Context .......................................................................4 3.5.2 Foreshore Vegetation Management .........25 3.5.3 Pest and Nuisance Plants ........................26 2.1 Lake Eildon Development ....................................4 3.5.4 Pest Animals .............................................27 2.2 Lake Eildon as a Water Supply ............................4 3.5.5 References ...............................................27 2.3 Storage Operations ..............................................5 2.4 Land Status ...........................................................5 3.6 Land Management ..............................................28 2.5 Legal Status ..........................................................5 3.6.1 Permits, Licences and Lease Arrangements ................................28 2.6 Study Area .............................................................5 3.6.2 Fire ............................................................29 3. A Plan for the Management 3.6.3 Foreshore Erosion ....................................30 of Lake Eildon ..........................................................5 3.6.4 Stream Bank Erosion ................................31 3.1 Plan -
The Economic Value of Water in Storage
Melbourne School of Engineering Department of Infrastructure Engineering The economic value of water in storage 11th February 2018 Citation Western, Andrew W., Taylor, Nathan, Langford, John K., and Azmi, Mo, 2017. The economic value of water in storage. The University of Melbourne, Australia. Copyright © The University of Melbourne, 2017. To the extent permitted by law, all rights are reserved and no part of this publication covered by copyright may be reproduced or copied in any form or by any means except with the written permission of The University of Melbourne. Contact Professor Andrew Western, Department of Infrastructure Engineering, The University of Melbourne, 3010, Australia [email protected] Project Team The University of Melbourne Project team consisted of: • Professor Andrew Western, Infrastructure Engineering, University of Melbourne; • Professor John Langford, Steering Committee Chair, University of Melbourne; and • Research Fellow, Nathan Taylor, University of Melbourne. Steering Committee The project was informed by the members of the Steering Committee consisting of: • Richard Smith; Business Planning and Regulation Manager; City West Water; • Udaya Kularathna; Team Leader Water Resource Assessment, Integrated Planning; Melbourne Water; • Bruce Rhodes, Manager Water Resources Management, Melbourne Water; • Ian Johnson; Manager Urban Water Policy; South East Water; • Dominic Keary; ESC Project Manager; Yarra Valley Water; and • Stephen, Sonnenberg, Manager Urban Water Security Policy, Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning. The Steering Committee was Chaired by Professor John Langford, University of Melbourne. While this report was informed by the Steering Committee, the findings contained in the report are the responsibility of the Project Team and not the Steering Committee or the organisations they represent. -
Murrindindi Map (PDF, 3.1
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North Central Area Final Recommendations
LAND CONSERVATION COUNCIL NORTH CENTRAL AREA FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS February 1981 This text is a facsimile of the former Land Conservation Council’s North Central Area Review Final Recommendations. It has been edited to incorporate Government decisions on the recommendations made by Order in Council dated 4 May 1982, 22 June 1982, 24 August 1982 and 26 June 1984, and subsequent formal amendments. Added text is shown underlined; deleted text is shown struck through. Annotations [in brackets] explain the origin of changes. 2 MEMBERS OF THE LAND CONSERVATION COUNCIL S. G. McL. Dimmick, B.A., B. Com., Dip. Soc. Stud.; (Chairman) A. Mitchell, M. Agr. Sc., D.D.A.; Chairman, Soil Conservation Authority; (Deputy Chairman) C. N. Austin B. W. Court, B.Sc., B.E.; Secretary for Minerals and Energy W. N. Holsworth, Ph.D., M.Sc., B.Sc. J. Lindros, Ph.C. C. E. Middleton, L.S., F.I.S.Aust.; Secretary for Lands J. S. Rogerson, B.C.E., E.W.S., F.I.E.Aust.; Deputy Chairman, State Rivers and Water Supply Commission D. S. Saunders, B.Agr.Sc., M.A.I.A.S.; Director of National Parks D. F. Smith, B.Agr.Sc., M.Agr.Sc., Ph.D., Dip.Ed., M.Ed.Admin; Director General of Agriculture A. J. Threader, B.Sc.F., Dip.For.(Cres.), M.I.F.A.; Chairman, Forests Commission, Victoria J. C. F. Wharton, B.Sc.; Director of Fisheries and Wildlife 3 CONTENTS Page INTRODUCTION 4 A. PARKS 8 B. REFERENCE AREAS 20 C. WILDLIFE RESERVES 22 D. WATER PRODUCTION 25 E. HARDWOOD PRODUCTION 32 F. -
Local Context and Site Description
LOCAL CONTEXT AND SITE DESCRIPTION Metropolitan and Regional Context The Greenvale Central Precinct Structure Plan (PSP) area is located approximately 20 kilometres north of the Melbourne CBD, within the Hume Growth Area shown on Plan 1. Melbourne‟s Hume Growth Area generally extends north from Somerton Road (west of Sydney-Melbourne rail line) to Gunns Gully Road at Merrifield. It includes parts of the suburbs of Greenvale and Craigieburn and the localities of Donnybrook, Kalkallo and Beveridge. The Hume Growth Area, along with the Mitchell and Whittlesea Growth Areas, make up the Melbourne North Growth Corridor. The Melbourne North Growth Corridor Plan details the strategic direction for future urban development within this region. The corridor is characterised by strong population growth occurring on various fronts. The population base is projected to increase from its current level of around 170,000 residents to over 220,000 people and has the capacity to provide for at least 68,000 jobs. The North Growth Corridor Plan provides an opportunity to establish new communities to assist in meeting Melbourne‟s urban growth needs over the next 30 years. The plan ensures that the following existing key roles and features are maintained within the Hume Growth Area: A strategic transport corridor of state and national significance; A gateway to Melbourne for interstate and international visitors; Large areas for future employment and industrial development; Highly self-contained working population (with approximately 50% of Hume‟s workforce employed within the municipality); Significant water catchments, creek corridors, remnant vegetation and stone resources on its east and west boundaries; and Important landscape features and biodiversity assets including grasslands and grassy woodlands.