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Wayne Tennant, Goulburn-Broken Catchment Management Authority
Photo: Nick Drayson
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'The Catchment Management Authority looks at flows within the system, and is now the manager of the environmental water reserve. One of the major tasks we'll have in the immediate future is to look at improving flow regimes for native fish and other values in the Goulburn River system. Goulburn-Murray Water, who are the rural water authority, are the responsible agency for the management of flows.
'Our catchment is about 2 per cent of the Murray-Darling Basin, and I think we contribute something like 11 per cent of the water. Like all streams in Australia, the flow is highly variable.
'You've got to be mindful that the Goulburn River is regulated, and provides many values to the regional economy, regional community, the state and the Basin. It's a healthy working river.
'It's not just the people in the Goulburn catchment that actually appreciate the Goulburn River. There are thousands of visitors that come to recreate on the upper Goulburn, boating and fishing. That also transfers into the lower reaches of the Goulburn, where significant fishing is undertaken, and local boating. Also, agriculture and irrigation all rely on the Goulburn River system.'
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