Latest watering releases
Based on best available operational data, the following environmental water deliveries were made in the month of January 2019.
Broken
- Delivering to lower Broken Creek
Glenelg
- Delivering to Glenelg River
Loddon
- Delivering to Loddon River
Moorabool
- Delivering to Moorabool River
Murray
- Delivering to Gunbower Creek
- Delivering flows through Mullaroo Creek at Lindsay Island
Werribee
- Delivering to Werribee River
Wimmera
- Delivering to Wimmera River, lower Mt William Creek, MacKenzie River and Burnt Creek
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
- • Lindsay, Wallpolla and Mulcra
- • 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
- • Birchs Creek
Environmental water stories
It's not just about adding water
Just adding water for the environment is not the only factor to consider for improving the health of rivers, wetlands and floodplains; complementary works and measures are also equally important as part of ‘integrated catchment management’.
Why do we water when it's dry?
Rivers and wetlands get dry naturally too. So why do we put water into the environment when nature, and regulation of rivers, has turned off the tap?
News and media releases
Water sale in northern Victoria 2019
The Victorian Environmental Water Holder (VEWH) will sell a small portion of its water allocation in the northern Victorian water market. Up to 10 gigalitres of Murray allocation will be made available through selected brokers from March this year.
Water for the environment is for everyone
Reflections: Water for the Environment in Victoria 2017-18 demonstrates that waterways are at the heart of healthy communities and have been strengthened by the establishment of Victoria’s environmental watering program.
Water trading strategy 2018-19
The Victorian Environmental Water Holder has released a new trade strategy to transparently outline where we plan to buy or sell water for the environment across Victoria in 2018-19.