Summary of Key Findings

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Key Findings leaflet (PDF~340kb)

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Part 1: Overview of Victorian Water Resources 2005/06

• Letter of Commendation from the Minister for Water
• Contents
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Water availability
• Chapter 2: Water for consumptive use
• Chapter 3: Management of scarce water resources
• Chapter 4: Water for the environment

Part 2a: Basin Accounts for Northern Victoria 2005/06

• Chapter 5: Overview of methodology
• Chapters 6-15: Basin accounts for Murray Basin; Kiewa Basin; Ovens Basin; Broken Basin; Goulburn Basin; Campaspe Basin; Loddon Basin; Avoca Basin; Mallee Basin and Wimmera Basin.

Chapters 5 to 15 - Northern Victoria (PDF~4.3mb)

Part 2b: Basin Accounts for Eastern Victoria 2005/06

• Chapters 16-24: Basin accounts for East Gippsland Basin; Snowy Basin; Tambo Basin; Mitchell Basin; Thomson Basin; Latrobe Basin; South Gippsland Basin; Bunyip Basin; and Yarra Basin.

Chapters 16 to 24 - Eastern Victoria (PDF~2.9mb)

Part 2c: Basin Accounts for Western Victoria 2005/06

• Chapters 25-34: Basin accounts for Maribyrnong Basin; Werribee Basin; Moorabool Basin; Barwon Basin; Corangamite Basin; Otway Coast Basin; Hopkins Basin; Portland Coast Basin; Glenelg Basin; and Millicent Coast Basin.

Chapters 25 to 34 - Western Victoria (PDF~3.0mb)

Part 3: Directions for Victorian water resource management and reporting

• Chapter 35: Challenges for water resource management in Victoria
• Chapter 36: Securing the environmental health of water resources
• Chapter 37: Water accounting and reporting
• Chapter 38: Future State Water Reports
• Appendix A: Groundwater Entitlement and Use
• Appendix B: Storage volume by basin
• Appendix C: On-stream storages used in basin water balances
• Abbreviations
• Glossary of terms

Chapters 25 to 39 - Directions for Victorian Water Resource Management and Reporting (PDF~390kb)

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