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

Land development

  • Association of Land Development Engineers (ALDE) committees
  • Development Industry – Water Industry Liaison Committee
  • Melbourne Water/VicRoads Liaison Committee
  • Urban Development Institute of Australia Liaison Committee

Floodplain management

  • Victorian Floodplain Managers Forum
  • Victorian Flood Warning Consultative
    • Committee (Met Bureau)
  • State Flood Policy Committee
  • Total Flood Warning System sub-committee
  • Victoria State Flood Strategy Revision Technical Steering Committee
  • Maroondah StormSmart Steering Committee
  • Cardinia Municipal Emergency Management Planning Committee
  • Maribyrnong Municipal Emergency Management Planning Committee – Maribyrnong Township sub-committee
  • Flood Management Planning Framework Steering Committee (Office Emergency Services Commissioner)
  • South West Monitoring Partnership – DSE
  • Gippsland Regional Water Monitoring Partnership – DSE
  • State Hydrographics Technical Working Group – DSE
  • Shire of Nillumbik – Flood Planning sub-committee
  • City of Kingston – Municipal Emergency Management Committee
  • Westernport Greenhouse Alliance Reference Group
  • Casey Coastal Strategy Reference Group

Road construction

  • Southern and Eastern Integrated Transport Authority – environmental effects statement technical reference group, Frankston By-Pass

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 state/national policy/advisory committees or boards

  • Australian Water Association
  • Board of Water Services Association of Australia (WSAA) and associated committees
  • Index of Stream Condition Steering Committee
  • National Codes Reference Group
  • Region 4 Division 2 Emergency

Response Planning Committee

  • Regulatory Control of Water Meters
  • Shire of Yarra Ranges Municipal Emergency Management Planning Committee
  • State Fishway Implementation 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
  • Operating Charter Review Steering Committee
  • Water quality Research Australia
  • e-Water CRC

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
  • Metropolitan Drought Response Plan Coordination Committee
  • Streamflow Management Plan committees
  • Wandin Yallock Groundwater Supply Protection Area Management Plan Working Group
  • Water Market and Irrigation Reforms Steering Committee and associated working groups
  • Yarra River Environmental Water Reserve Steering Committee and Advisory Group recycled water
  • Alternative Water Supply Working Group
  • Smart Water Fund
  • Werribee and Bacchus Marsh Irrigation Districts Customer Consultative Committee
  • WSAA Water Recycling Network professional organisations
  • Stormwater Industry Association (Victorian Committee)

Wetlands/water quality management

  • Edithvale-Seaford Wetlands Community Liaison Committee
  • Lillydale Lake Landcare Consultative Committee
  • Ruffey Lake Park Advisory Committee
  • Yarra Task Team Catchment and

Land protection

  • Board of Port Phillip and Westernport Catchment Management Authority
  • Dandenong Catchment Committee
  • Galada Tamboore Working Group
  • Knox Regional Pest Plant and Animal Management Group
  • Maribyrnong Catchment Committee
  • Monbulk Creek Retarding Basin/ Birdland Reserve Working Group
  • Neerim District Landcare Group
  • Port Phillip and Westernport Regional Catchment Strategy Steering Committee
  • State Water quality Monitoring and Assessment Committee
  • State Waterway Managers Forum
  • Tarago Integrated Catchment Management Plan Committee
  • Truganina Coastal Parklands Coordinating Group
  • Waterways and Drainage Advisory Committee
  • Waterway Rehabilitation Working Group
  • Werribee Catchment Committee
  • Westernport Catchment Committee
  • Yarra Catchment Committee
  • Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges Environmental Weed Working Group
  • Yarra Valley Environmental Best Practice Working Group

Regional issues

  • Eastern Freeway Extension Community Activity Group
  • Eastern Treatment Plant Community Liaison Committee
  • Geelong Freeway Extension Liaison Group
  • Monash Freeway – Hallam By-Pass Project
  • Northern Suburbs Sewerage Strategy Consultation Committee
  • Smart Growth (DSE) – Casey Cardinia Growth Corridor
  • Smart Growth (DSE) – Plenty Corridor
  • Werribee West Infrastructure Group
  • Western Treatment Plant Community Liaison Committee
  • Western Treatment Plant Wildlife Consultative Committee
  • Western Treatment Plant/The Spit 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

Emergency response and fire prevention

  • Bureau of Meteorology/ Victorian State Emergency Service, Melbourne Water Steering Group
  • Emergency Issues Committee
  • Regional Fire Prevention Committees
  • Shire of 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

Waterway management

  • Bunyip Main Drain Project Coordinating Committee
  • ‘Friends of’ groups (various)
  • Kananook Creek Association
  • Landcare (various)
  • Merri Creek Management Committee
  • Moonee Ponds Creek Coordination Committee
  • Moonee Ponds Creek – Clean-up Project
  • Darebin Creek Coordination Committee
  • Merri Creek Coordination Committee
  • Port Phillip and Westernport Regional River Health Strategy Steering Committee and Working Group