Catchment and waterway management in Victoria and biodiversity. In Victoria, there are ten catchment Catchment management authorities also have specific management regions (see Figure 5) responsibilities for waterway management (under the and each has a catchment Water Act 1989), except in the Port Phillip and management authority to co-ordinate Westernport region where Melbourne Water have the waterway management responsibilities. integrated management of land, water MILDURA Robinvale Murrayville Ouyen Swan Hill Kerang Rainbow Echuca Wimmera North Central North East Numurkah St Arnaud Kaniva BENALLA Shepparton Halls Mansfield HORSHAM Gap Stawell Alexandra Castlemaine Rushworth Edenhope Omeo BENDIGO Goulburn Broken Bacchus Buchan Glenelg Hopkins & Daylesford Marysville Ararat Cann River Hamilton Marsh Bairnsdale Orbost MELBOURNE West Gippsland Dandenong Warragul Heywood Moe Leongatha Sale Foster Warrnambool TRARALGON Colac Port Campbell Yarram Figure 5: The ten catchment management regions in Victoria.
Catchment and waterway management in Victoria In Victoria, there are ten catchment management regions (see Figure 5) and each has a catchment management authority to co-ordinate integrated management of land, water and biodiversity. Catchment management authorities also have specific responsibilities for waterway management (under the Water Act 1989), except in the Port Phillip and Westernport region where Melbourne Water have the waterway management responsibilities. MILDURA Robinvale Murrayville Ouyen Swan Hill Kerang Rainbow Kaniva Wimmera North Central St Arnaud Echuca Numurkah Shepparton BENALLA North East Edenhope HORSHAM Halls Gap Stawell BENDIGO Castlemaine Rushworth Goulburn Broken Alexandra Mansfield Omeo Glenelg Hopkins Ararat Daylesford & Bacchus Marysville Buchan Cann River Hamilton Marsh MELBOURNE Dandenong West Gippsland Bairnsdale Orbost Heywood Warrnambool Colac Port Campbell Warragul Moe Leongatha Foster TRARALGON Yarram Sale Figure 5: The ten catchment management regions in Victoria.
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