Latest watering releases
Based on best available operational data, the following environmental water deliveries were made in the month of January 2024.
Gippsland region
Snowy system
- Snowy River
Central region
Maribyrnong system
- Jacksons Creek
Werribee system
- Lower Werribee River
Western region
Glenelg system
- Accumulated Passing Flows only
Wimmera system
- Mackenzie River
- Burnt Creek
- Lower Mount William Creek
Northern region
Goulburn system
- Lower Goulburn River
Broken system
- Lower Broken Creek
- Upper Broken Creek
Loddon system
- Serpentine Creek
- Loddon River
Releases can include water delivered in Victoria by the Victorian Environmental Water Holder, Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder and the Murray-Darling Basin Authority (The Living Murray program).
Environmental watering objectives may also be met by other water in the system (such as water for households, industry and farming).
How do we know it works?
To measure the success of environmental watering, it is important to draw on the large body of scientific and community knowledge that exists about Victoria’s rivers and wetlands.
Learn MoreSeasonal watering plan
A statewide plan that scopes potential environmental watering in rivers and wetlands.
Learn MoreRivers and wetlands
- • Barmah Forest
- • Gunbower Creek and Forest
- • Central Murray wetlands
- • Hattah Lakes
- • Lower Murray wetlands
- • Upper Murray wetlands
- • Lindsay, Mulcra and Wallpolla islands
- • Ovens system
- • Goulburn River
- • Goulburn wetlands
- • Broken River and upper Broken Creek
- • Lower Broken Creek
- • Broken wetlands
- • Campaspe River
- • Coliban River
- • Loddon River system (including Tullaroop, Serpentine and Pyramid creeks)
- • Boort wetlands
- • Birch Creek
News and media releases
Media Release: Victorian Environmental Water Holder to trade carryover space
The Victorian Environmental Water Holder (VEWH) intends to lease temporary carryover space in high-reliability water entitlement in Goulburn and Murray systems between April and June 2024.
Media Release: Victorian Environmental Water Holder to trade water allocation
The Victorian Environmental Water Holder (VEWH) intends to sell up to 47,000 megalitres (ML) of allocation water, also known as temporary water, from the Murray, Goulburn and Campaspe systems between February and June 2024.
Reflections: Water for the Environment in Victoria, 2022-23
Reflections highlights actions in 2022-23 by the Victorian Environmental Water Holder (VEWH) and our partners to support the health of waterways, landscapes and communities through the Victorian environmental watering program.