Committees

Melbourne Water consulted with the following committees in 2006/07:

Land development

Association of Land Development Engineers (ALDE) Committee
Community Liaison Committee for the Commonwealth Games Athletes Village
Development Industry – Water Industry Liaison Committee
Growth area technical committees for Casey/Cardinia and Wyndham
Melbourne Water/VicRoads Liaison Committee
Sustainability for the Built Environment Reference Group
Sustainability and the Building Code Reference Group
City of Manningham – Warrandyte Urban Design Framework Committee
Drainage Scheme Review Working Group

Special rating arrangements

Koo Wee Rup and Longwarry Drainage
and Flood Mitigation Advisory Committee
Patterson Lakes Advisory Committee
Yallock Drainage and River Improvement Rates Advisory Committee

Diversions/flow management

Bulk entitlements committees
Diversion Management Advisory Committee
Gippsland Regional Monitoring Partnership Working Group
Gippsland Research Coordination Group
Gippsland Research, Development and Coordination Committee
Keilor Diverters Advisory Group
Licensing Steering Committee and associated working groups
Melbourne Sustainable Irrigation Committee
Metropolitan Drought Response Plan Coordination Committee
Stream Flow Management Plan committees
Thompson/Macalister Environmental Flow Working Group
Water Market and Irrigation Reforms Steering Committee and associated working groups
Yarra River Environmental Water Reserve Steering Committee and Advisory Group
Werribee River Estuary Environmental Flow Study Steering Committee and Advisory Group
Tarago River Environmental Water Reserve Steering Committee and Advisory Group
Central Region Sustainable Water Strategy Working Group

Rivers and creeks management

Bunyip Main Drain Project Coordinating Committee
Darebin Creek Coordination Committee
Friends of groups (various)
Kananook Creek Association
Landcare Australia (various)
Merri Creek Management Committee
Moonee Ponds Creek Coordination Committee
Port Phillip and Western Port Regional River Health Strategy Steering Committee and Working Group

Floodplain management

Gisborne Flood Study Steering Committee
Bacchus Marsh Flood Steering Committee
Victorian Flood Plain Managers Forum
Bunyip Tenement Control Working Group
Victorian Flood Warning Consultative Committee (Bureau of Meteorology)
Nillumbik Municipal Emergency Management Plan Committee
Federal – Natural Disaster Relief and Regional Flood Mitigation Programs – Assessment Committee
Port Phillip and Western Port Region
Flood Management and Drainage Strategy Steering Committee
Catchment Management Authorities Floodplain Managers Forum
DSE/CMA/Melbourne Water Caravan Park Flood Risk Review Committee

Wetlands/water quality management

Edithvale-Seaford Wetlands Community Liaison Committee
Lillydale Lake Landcare Consultative Committee
Ruffey Lake Park Advisory Committee
Yarra Task Team
Edithvale-Seaford Wetlands Discovery Centre Technical Reference Group

State/national policy/advisory committees or boards

Australian Water Association
Board of Water Services Association of Australia (WSAA) committees and associated committees
Central Region Sustainable Water Strategy Consultative Committee and Working Group
Cooperative Research Centre (CRC)
Index of Stream Condition Steering Committee
International Water Association
National Codes Reference Group
Operating Charter Review Steering Committee
Painting Contractors Certification Program Technical Committee
Region 4 Division 2 Emergency Response Planning Committee
Regulatory Control of Water Meters
Shire of Yarra Ranges Municipal Emergency Management Planning Committee
Shire of Cardinia Municipal Emergency Management Planning Committee
City of Maroondah Municipal Emergency Management Planning Committee
State Fishway Implementation Committee
Trade Waste Acceptance Advisory Committee
Victorian Stormwater Advisory Committee, Working Group and Technical Group
Victorian Water Industry Association
Water Efficient Appliance Group
Water Environment Federation
Western Port Portfolio Coordinating Group
Victorian State Flood Policy Committee

Catchment and land protection

Board of Port Phillip and Western Port Catchment Management Authority
Galada Tamboore Working Group
Knox Regional Pest Plant and Animal Management Group
Metropolitan Drought Coordination Group
Neerim District Land Care Group
State Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Committee
State Waterway Managers Forum
Tarago Integrated Catchment Management Plan Committee
Truganina Coastal Parklands
Coordinating Group
VicWater Water Restrictions Working Group
Water Supply Demand Management Committee
Waterways Advisory Committee
Waterway Rehabilitation Working Group
Western Port Catchment Committee
Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges Environmental Weed Working Group
Yarra Valley Environmental Best Practice Working Group

Regional issue committees

Eastern Freeway Extension Community Activity Group
Eastern Treatment Plant Community Liaison Committee
Northern Suburbs Sewerage Strategy Consultation Committee
Smart Growth (Department of Sustainability and Environment) –
Casey Cardinia Growth Corridor
Smart Growth (Department of Sustainability and Environment) –
Plenty Corridor
Werribee West Infrastructure Group
Western Treatment Plant Community Liaison Committee
Western Treatment Plant Biodiversity
and Conservation Advisory Committee
Western Treatment Plant/The Spit Management Forum
Yarra Glen By-Pass Environmental Effects Consultative Committee

Waterwatch

Melbourne Waterwatch Boonerwrung Region Steering Committee
Melbourne Waterwatch Coordinators’ Committee
Melbourne Waterwatch Werribee Catchment Steering Committee

Professional organisations

Stormwater Industry Association
(Victorian Committee)

Emergency response and fire protection

Bureau of Meteorology/Victorian State Emergency Service, Melbourne Water Steering Group
Emergency Issues Committee
Regional Fire Prevention committees
Shire Yarra Ranges Municipal Emergency Response Management Committee
Shire of Nillumbik Fire Prevention Committee
Victorian State Emergency Service/Melbourne Water/Municipal Association Victoria
Victorian Emergency Management Council
VICSES Total Flood Warning System Development Project Board

Recycled water

Recycled Water Advisory Committee

Road construction

VicRoads – Pakenham By-Pass Community  Consultation Committee
EastLink – Thiess John Holland waterways and drainage liaison working group
Southern and Eastern Integrated Transport Authority technical group
VicRoads – Monash Freeway Upgrade:
M1 Project liaison group