Integrated Water Management Forums

Supported by

Integrated Water Management Forums YARRA UP DATE

26 MARCH 2019

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IWM Forums in Victoria2

IWM Forums established for:

• Each of the major waterway catchments of Greater Metro Melbourne (5)

• Regional areas defined by water corporation boundaries (10)

Key partners:

• Local Government, Catchment Management, Authorities, Traditional Owner Groups, Water Corporations, Others as relevant e.g. VPA

How the Forums engage with the community?

Forum members engage deeply with their communities and will bring insights to the Forums. ◦ Local government have comprehensive consultation

and engagement requirements on all strategic processes

◦ Urban water corporations require customer engagement to inform pricing approach and Urban Water Strategies

◦ CMAs are specialists in community partnerships

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Process – Nov’17 to present

IWM Forum 1ESTABLISHMENT

IWM Forum 2PRIORITISATION

IWM Forum 3CONFIRM DIRECTION

IWM Forum 4…IMPLEMENT &

REVIEW

Working Groups Working Groups Working Groups

SDSSDS drafting

Strategic Directions Statement• Capture collective Forum intent and priorities

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• Released 29 October 2018

• Vision, strategic outcomes

• 18 priority IWM opportunities identified

• 28 organisations committed to using their “best endeavours” to progress opportunities

Yarra Strategic Directions Statement5

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Integrated Water Management Forums

Supported by

Catchment Scale IWM Plan

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Catchment Scale IWM Plan -Overview

Working Groups identified the need for a catchment scale IWM plan to support the transition to an integrated practice.

What is a catchment plan? Catchment and sub-catchment scale assessment against the seven strategic

outcomes, using both qualitative and quantitative measures.

Develop a baseline narrative of the catchment condition (current and future scenarios under BAU).

Identify issues, threats and opportunities, at multiple scales.

Potential implications? Comprehensively understand the overall health of the catchment against the

seven strategic outcomes.

Support the Forum to create a shift in practice (i.e. More robust business cases for what projects progress; mechanisms for shared funding; planning overlays)

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Ongoing implementation and dynamic review of IWM Projects and Strategic Enablers

IWM Forum Forward Plan

• Endorse Project Plan and note implications

Dec 2018

• Develop IWM Catchment Scale Plans

March 2019 to Jan 2020 • Approve

Catchment Scale IWM Plans

June 2020

• Update priority portfolio and policy reform activities

June 2021

November 2018 – SDS

Release

August 2020 – commence update SDS

August 2021 – approve

updated SDSEvaluation

Catchment Scale IWM Plan Development

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Governance slide including reference group

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Integrated Water Management Collaborative and holistic approach to delivering water services while improving the liveability of our communities

Integrated Water Management

Forums

• Established across Victoria to identify and prioritise places that would most benefit from IWM

• Representatives from water sector, local government, traditional owners

• Opportunity to work across agencies to deliver multiple outcomes

• Develop a Strategic Direction Statement.

Urban Water Reform Agenda

Identification and progress

policy reforms, regulatory or

operational barriers

preventing/limiting successful

implementation of the

integrated water management

forum

Place based Projects and Strategies

• Multiple organisations

• Multiple outcomes

• Proof of concept

Stormwater

Advisory

Committee

Opportunities for

Government

Investment

(co-funding)

IWM Outcomes

Resilient

Cities and

Towns

Reference

Group

Integrated Water Management program

Thankyou!

Key contacts

Chris Chesterfield Chair of Yarra IWM Forum

Abby Farmer DELWP Senior Manager IWM

Dennis Corbett DELWP Senior Project Manager

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Urban Water Policy Reform

Policy reform identified to support IWM:

Better integration with land-use and urban planning

Catchment scale planning

Decision making frameworks – economic evaluation and funding

Clarify accountabilities and governance arrangements for multi-function assets

Clarify rights and rules around the use of stormwater and recycled water

Other supporting strategic enablers identified:

Ongoing capacity building

Clear big picture narrative

Community engagement and water literacy development

Traditional owner engagement and support

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Risk-based approach to recycled water use

Rec water guideline review

Recycled water for environmental benefits

Regulatory process investigations

Catchment scale IWM Plans (metro)

Underway

PSP Guideline review –Embedding IWM approaches

Underway

Case studies and IWM analysis

Underway

Growth area IWM planning (e.g. Western Growth IWM Plan)

Underway

Improving Stormwater MAC

Established

VPP amendments

Complete

BPEM review

Underway

Financing, funding and risk

Underway

Waterways of the West

Established

Healthy Waterways Strategy

Implementation

Policy Reform Progress13

IWM &Urban Planning

StormwaterManagement

AlternativeWater

Stormwater Advisory Committee –Coverage of stormwater requirements in state planning and building controls before changes

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Rec 1 – Expand the stormwater planning provisions (phase 1): That the Victorian Government amend the VPPs to expand the current stormwater management requirements to:

• commercial subdivisions and developments• industrial subdivisions and developments• public-use developments• multi-dwelling residential subdivisions and developments.

Rec 3 – Insert an IWM clause into the Planning Policy Framework (PPF): That the Victorian Government amend the PPF to embed the concepts of IWM objectives and strategies.

Stormwater Advisory Committee –Planning reforms