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The Australian Water Association

The Australian Water Association is a professional membership organisation formed in 1962 to promote the responsible management of water and its related resources.

Australian National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage

The Australian National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (ANCID) is the Australian representative body of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage. ANCID aims to stimulate and promote the development and application of engineering, agriculture, economics, ecology and social science technology to the management of land and water in irrigation, drainage, river training and flood control projects.

ANCOLD

The Australian National Committee on Large Dams Incorporated (ANCOLD) is an incorporated voluntary association of organisations and individual professionals with an interest in dams in Australia.  ANCOLD was formed in 1937 as the Australian national committee of the International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD), a non-government organisation established in 1928, and is one of 81 member countries.

Bureau of Meteorology Australia

The Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology is the National Meteorological Authority for Australia. The ultimate legal basis for its existence is the Commonwealth Constitution which, through its Section 51 (viii), empowers the Federal Parliament to make laws for the peace, order and good government of the Commonwealth with respect to " .. meteorological observation...".

Cooperative Research Centre for Catchment Hydrology

The role of the Cooperative Research Centre for Catchment Hydrology is to deliver to resource managers the capability to assess the hydrologic impact of land-use and water-management decisions at whole-of-catchment scale.

Cooperative Research Centre for Freshwater Ecology

The Cooperative Research Centre for Freshwater Ecology exists to provide the ecological basis for the sustainable management of Australian temperate region surface waters.

Cooperative research Centre for Water Quality and Treatment

The Cooperative Research Centre for Water Quality and Treatment focuses on issues relating to water quality management and health risk reduction, from catchment and reservoir management and water treatment to the distribution of drinking water to consumers' taps.

CSIRO - Land and Water Division

CSIRO is Australia's largest scientific research agency. The Land and Water Division is only one of many sections of CSIRO.

Department of Sustainability and Environment

The Department of Sustainability and Environment is responsible for balancing the development and protection of Victoria's natural and cultural resource base, including resource and industry development, land identification, and the protection, conservation and management of Victoria's natural and cultural environment.

Eildon Alliance

This website provides detailed information on the Eildon Dam Improvement project, including how the upgrade will affect dam operations; project time frames; and the benefits of the project for the community.

Environment Australia

The Environment Australia portal provides access to online services and information provided by Commonwealth, State and Local Governments. Information is organised by seven broad environmental themes - Atmosphere, Biodiversity, Coasts and Oceans, Environment Protection, Heritage, Inland Waters, and Land.

The Environment Protection Authority

The Environment Protection Authority is a statutory body established in response to community concern about pollution. The Environmental Protection Act replaced statutory provisions scattered through more than 25 existing Acts, bringing together under one umbrella, symbolised by our logo, control of pollution on land, in water and air, and industrial noise.

Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority

The Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority  works to ensure that land and water resources are managed in a sustainable way in a region stretching from close to the outskirts of Melbourne in the south to the Murray River in the north. About 200,000 people live in the Catchment of 2.4 million ha that includes the municipalities of Moira, Campaspe, City of Greater Shepparton, Mitchell, Delatite, Murrundindi and Strathbogie.

Goulburn Valley Water

Goulburn Valley Water provides urban water and wastewater (sewerage) services to a population of over 105,000 in 56 towns and cities from the outskirts of Melbourne to the Murray River in an area of 20,000 square kilometres.

Irrigation Association of Australia

This site has been developed by the Irrigation Association of Australia to provide comprehensive information about the irrigation industry and irrigation practices in Australia. It will benefit irrigators, local government bodies, statutory bodies and tertiary institutions, irrigation consultants and designers, irrigation contractors and installers, manufacturers, importers, distributors and retailers of irrigation equipment and services. It also contains a series of valuable links to other irrigation related sites in Australia and throughout the world.

Land and Water Australia

Land and Water Australia's mission is to provide national leadership in generating knowledge, informing debate and inspiring innovation and action in sustainable natural resource management.

Mallee Catchment Management Authority

The Mallee Catchment Management Authority is responsible for the coordination of actions in the catchment for integrated catchment management and sustainable land and water use, involving relevant Government agencies and the community. It also has the responsibility for advising the government on catchment issues and the condition of the catchment and its natural resources.

Marine Safety Victoria

This website provides recreational boating safety material is published in the Victorian Recreational Boating Safety Handbook and is has online versions of the material in nine languages including Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, English, Greek, Italian, Maltese, Turkish and Vietnamese.

Murray-Darling Basin Commission

The people of the Murray-Darling Basin are working together with the Commonwealth, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and the Australian Capital Territory Governments to Implement the Murray-Darling Basin Initiative. The aim is to promote and co-ordinate planning and management for the sustainable use of the land, water and environmental resources of the region.

Murray Blue-Green Algae

This blue-green algal bloom management web site has been developed by the NSW Murray Regional Algal Coordinating Committee (MRACC) as a service to the public, water users and the organisations who manage blue-green algae in the NSW Murray River catchment.

National Eutrophication Management Program

The National Eutrophication Management Program (NEMP) was established in mid-1995 by the Land and Water Resources Research and Development Corporation (LWRRDC) and the Murray-Darling Basin Commission (MDBC) to provide the scientific underpinning necessary for effectively managing algal blooms.

National Water Week

The official website of National Water Week. National Water Week is held in October each year and aims to highlight the importance of water in our community through activities in primary and secondary schools and within the general community.

North Central Catchment Management Authority

The North Central Catchment Management Authority  is the strategic body that coordinates natural resource management in the North Central region of Victoria. The NCCMA performs this function in partnership with the community, State government agencies, water authorities, local government and others.

North East Catchment Management Authority

The North East Catchment Management Authority aims to promote sustainable natural resource management whilst increasing productivity and community viability for the long term benefit of the north east region and the downstream community.

NSW Agriculture

NSW Agriculture is a State Government Department, leading the world in agricultural research, advisory services, education and regulation and providing practical farm production solutions for profitable agriculture and for a better environment.

NSW department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural resources

The website of the NSW Department of Infrastructure Planning and Natural Resources(DIPNR) drives, coordinates and streamlines land-use and transport planning, infrastructure development and natural resource management in New South Wales.

The Rural Water Corporation Archive documents the development of Victoria's water resources from the late nineteenth century to the 1990's. It shows the construction of the dams, reservoirs and weirs throughout Victoria. Included are major projects such as the enlargement of Eildon Reservoir in 1955 to hold reserve for drought years, and the moving of the township of Tallangatta to higher ground so that Lake Hume could be enlarged.

Sunraysia Rural Water

Sunraysia is a region that encompasses the Murray River in north-western Victoria, Australia. Much of the region is involved in high intensity horticulture. Sunraysia Rural Water Authority manages water supply, drainage and Natural Resources. 

The Victorian Water Industry Association

Victorian Water is the peak water industry organisation in Victoria. It represents the three metropolitan retail companies, the fifteen non-metropolitan urban authorities and the four rural water authorities. The Association works with members and with Government to influence policy and practice that affect the water industry in Victoria.

The Victorian Water Resources Data Warehouse

The Victorian Water Resources Data Warehouse is a site dedicated to disseminating up-to-date information on Victoria's water resources through the World Wide Web. The site gives access to both raw and summary data on both water quality and quantity throughout Victoria, and is a central repository for published documents produced from this data.

Victorian Resources Online

Victorian Resources Online is your gateway to a wide range of Victorian resource information. A major focus for this site will be the presentation of maps. You can access this information through both Victoria In Profile for statewide maps and related text, and at a regional level through the Regional Profile.

Water Studies Centre

The Water Studies Centre seeks to generate and exchange scientific knowledge to underpin the effective management of Australia's waterways. It does this through its strategic and contract research program, its postgraduate training program and a program of knowledge exchange.