WaterLinks
Whoever it was that said 'knowledge shared is power' was onto something. And we think that's no truer than when you're working to save Victoria's precious rivers.
That's why we've set up a free knowledge sharing program for community environmental advocates. The program links up people working on the ground with a range of technical experts to share information and expertise.
Our experts bring knowledge and networks from a diverse range of fields, including:
- Engineering
- Law
- Media
- Conservation Biology
- Ecology
- Water Management
And it's not just a one-way street. Our technical experts gain increased access to local knowledge and on-the-ground experience through their interaction with community environmental advocates. This knowledge helps inform their work and provides case studies for their research.
The process leaves us all richer and more empowered to work towards healthy rivers.
The Waterlinks program is chaired by Dr Mike Grace, Director of the Water Studies Centre and Senior Lecturer in Aquatic and Environmental Chemistry at Monash University.
Do you have a question?
Chances are we can find you the answer. Simply fill in the form below. You'll be asked for an outline of your issue or query and about the type of advice or help you need.
Your request will then be passed on to our panel of experts. If a panel member can help, they will contact you directly. Our goal is to fulfill requests within two weeks of the initial enquiry. Either way, we'll let you know how we go.
Let us know how you go
As a follow-up, we'll ask you to complete a brief feedback survey. The advice will be added to our database for people searching for help with similar issues in the future.
For more information
Contact Juliet Le Feuvre, Environment Victoria
Ph: +613 9341 8106 or email her.
Get the latest buzz on our WaterLinks program, below.
Funding for this program is generously provided by the Reichstein Foundation.
Good rains mean 10bn litre boost for Yarra
Friday, 23 July 2010
Richard Willingham, The Age
The health of Melbourne's Yarra River will be given a boost with the allocation of 10 billion litres of environmental water.
Solid winter rainfalls, more efficient...
moreProgress on Yarra and Thomson river environmental flows but river rescue package needed ahead of election
Thursday, 22 July 2010
Environment Victoria has welcomed Water Minister Tim Holding’s announcement today that increased environmental flows will be delivered to the...
moreReplacing Hazelwood - Letters to the editor
Tuesday, 12 July 2010
Letters to the editor, The Age
Move to clean energy
WHAT a relief that our politicians finally understand they must deal with coal to solve the climate problem. So let us deal...
moreWater, water, but where has it gone?
Sunday, 11 July 2010
The Age, Elizabeth Gallagher
Melbourne's water storage levels have edged above the one-third-full mark after the wettest June in nine years, but experts warn the rise will do little to ease Victoria's...
moreWater for thirsty red gum parks to be a top election issue
Tuesday, 6 July 2010
Two of the state’s leading environment groups have declared that securing water supplies for the new river red gum national parks recently established in northern Victoria will be a top...
moreProtest at MP’s office
Tuesday, 22 June 2010
Whitehorse Leader
Protesters have taken to Blackburn’s streets to demand an end to logging near waterways.
Demonstrators, led by Environment Victoria, camped outside Mitcham state Labor MP Tony Robinsonrsquo...
moreMoorabool River action call
Tuesday, 15 June 2010
Campaigners say it is wrong that the Moorabool River will survive on a drip feed while Ballarat’s Lake Wendouree will be filled by late next year.
The State Government decision to fill the Ballarat lake, which would...
moreIrrigation Program Audit shows all options for securing water not considered
Environment Victoria today welcomed the release of the Victorian Auditor General’s report into Irrigation Efficiency Programs and urged the state government to learn from past mistakes in planning for...
moreTony told: saving water starts with protecting forests and rivers
Thursday, 3 June 2010
Local Mitcham district residents today take their request that the state government ramp up action to protect Melbourne’s water supply to the office of their local member of parliament...
moreWildlife pays price of thirsty river system
Tom Arup and Ben Cubby, The Age
Wednesday, 12 May 2010
Just 25 percent of flood plains in the Murray-Darling Basin were inundated with water during the devastating drought that gripped the nation during the past...
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Happy World Environment Day!
Celebrate by getting involved in one of these local actions
From Hollywood stars to schoolchildren, millions of people on every continent will take action for the planet on 5 June for World Environment Day/a...
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Healthy Rivers
Healthy Humans
Last blog I concluded with the question “How about a water plan for Victoria that invests seriously in securing drinking water, supporting irrigation communities and giving our rivers a decent drink?” and added that ...
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Water Restrictions Relaxed!?
But will Premier Brumby’s trigger nozzles give our rivers a drink?
So, after that wet weekend, Melbourne’s water restrictions have been relaxed. Phew, glad the water crisis is behind us.
NOT.
Here at Environment Victoria we...
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A good long rain
But the Yarra’s still thirsty
Earlier today I was standing on the banks of the Yarra River out at Warrandyte, hopeful for the sight and sound of rushing flows of water after the weekend’s rain.
But as Yarra Riverkeeper Ian Penrose observed, today the...
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From forests to rivers
I'm delighted to be with Environment Victoria
For me, rivers are a web of links across the state. Until recently I was a forest campaigner working to protect the remaining old-growth forests here in Victoria. Now, that I’ve got a rivers focus to my days, the patchy...
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- Victoria: green and growing |
- Water Security, Healthy Rivers: Our Vision for Melbourne |
- An Audit of Seven Environmental Bulk Entitlements – Recommended, Planned, and Actual Release of Environmental Water to Victoria’s Stressed Rivers |
- Submission to 2009 Biennial Assessment of progress in Implementation of the National Water Initiative |
- Environment Victoria’s submission to the draft Northern Region Sustainable Water Strategy |
- Inquiry into Melbourne's Future Water Supply |
- Environment Victoria submission to Environment Effects Statement for the Victorian Desalination Project |
- Submission to the EPBC investigation of the Sugarloaf Pipeline |
- Environment Victoria submission to Project Impact Assessment of the Sugarloaf Pipeline Proposal |
- Submission to Northern Region Sustainable Water Strategy Discussion Paper |
