This report covers the findings of a Review Panel established by EPA to review Victoria’s first long-term water resource assessment (LTWRA). The Victorian Water Act 1989, as amended in 2005, requires that LTWRAs are undertaken every 15 years to ensure that the water-sharing arrangements specified in the sustainable water strategies (SWSs) are kept up to date.

This LTWRA covers southern Victoria, with 18 river basins organised into three SWSs (Central, Gippsland and Western regions).