Latest watering releases
Based on best available operational data, the following environmental water deliveries were made in the month of February 2022.
Central region
Yarra system
- Yarra River
Tarago system
- Tarago River
Werribee system
- Pyrites Creek
Maribyrnong system
- Jacksons Creek
Gippsland region
Thomson system
- Thomson River
Snowy system
- Snowy River
Western region
Glenelg system
- Glenelg River
Wimmera system
- Wimmera River
- MacKenzie River
- Burnt Creek
Northern region
Victorian Murray system
- Murray River
- Barmah Forest
- Hattah Lakes
- Lower Murray wetlands: Lake Hawthorn, Brickworks Billabong
- Lindsay Mulcra and Wallpolla islands: Mullaroo Creek, Lindsay River
- Gunbower Forest: Little Reedy wetland complex, Reedy Lagoon
Ovens system
- King River
- Ovens River
Goulburn system
- Goulburn River
Broken system
- Lower Broken Creek
- Upper Broken Creek
Campaspe system
- Campaspe River
Loddon system
- Loddon River
- Serpentine 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
- • Birch Creek
Water for the environment stories
A milestone fishway infrastructure investment by the VEWH
For the first time in over a century, native fish will be able to move freely between the Murray River and Gunbower Creek with the launch of two new fishways at Koondrook and Cohuna in northern central Victoria.
Creature Feature: The venomous red-bellied black snake
When you’re out and about this summer make sure you keep an eye out for our slithery friend: the venomous red-bellied black snake.
News and media releases
A Heartfelt Farewell to Rueben Berg
The Victorian Environmental Water Holder advises that Rueben Berg has resigned from his position as VEWH Commissioner to focus on his other commitments.
Water sale in northern Victoria
The Victorian Environmental Water Holder (VEWH) intends to sell a small portion of its water allocation in the northern Victorian water market. Up to 12,000 megalitres of Murray allocation in zone seven (below the Barmah choke) will be made available through selected brokers and online exchanges from April 2022, supporting irrigators and other water users ahead of autumn watering and carryover planning.
Reflecting on 10 years of the Victorian Environmental Water Holder
2021 marks the tenth birthday of the Victorian Environmental Water Holder (VEWH). As a significant milestone for the organisation, we have been reflecting on the past ten years – what has changed, and the progress made – and forecasting what the next ten years might bring.