www.envict.org.au/inform.php
About this campaign
'Go Yarra Flow' aims to send a strong message to the Victorian Government that the people of Melbourne value a healthy Yarra River and that means we need Premier Brumby to deliver the river's promised environmental flows.
What do we want?
We want the Victorian Government to understand that the people of Melbourne value a healthy Yarra River and urge our Premier Brumby to:
• Honour the commitment to deliver life-giving environmental flows to the Yarra River
• Reverse the recent increase in water extraction from the Yarra
• Boost investment in water conservation, efficiency and recycling rather than taking more water from our stressed river
Pledge your support
Let the Victorian Government know you value a healthy Yarra River: click here to pledge your support to the Go Yarra Flow campaign today! Add your voice to the call and to encourage your friends, family and colleagues to support the campaign too.
Campaign launch - hosted by international music star!
Hawaiian pro-surfer turned singer-songwriter Jack Johnson threw his support behind the Yarra River as part of his world tour, by hosting the Go Yarra Flow campaign launch at his Melbourne shows on March 25 and 26 at the Sydney Myer Music Bowl. Hundreds of Jack Johnson fans pledged their support to the Go Yarra Flow campaign while exploring the concert's 'Village Green' which featured a select group of local not-for-profit environment organisations including Yarra Riverkeepers, CERES and Tree Project. Stay tuned for photos!
Creatures such as the Eastern Banjo Frog rely on a healthy Yarra River to survive.
(Photo courtesy Melbourne Water)
Campaign background
In an average year 70% of Melbourne’s freshwater supplies are sourced from the Yarra River’s upper reaches, allowing us to enjoy some of the best drinking water in the world. We don’t just drink the Yarra’s water though: we use vast quantities to flush toilets and irrigate farms. Melbourne goes through about 400 billion litres of water in an average year, with residential use accounting for about 60%.
But as more and more water is extracted from the Yarra, the river’s health is under increasing stress. Right now the Yarra’s flow is down to a small fraction of its natural level, creating a huge threat to the survival of the birds, fish, frogs and platypus that rely on a healthy environment to thrive.
For many years scientists and community groups like ours have urged the Victorian Government to help restore the Yarra by providing at least the minimum ‘environmental flow’ the river needs to support life.
For a river like the Yarra, a healthy environmental flow – changing in rhythm with the seasons – is vital; it flushes along pollutants, transports nutrients to where they’re needed and provides fish and other creatures with the right conditions to breed.
In October 2006 the Victorian Government made a proud commitment to provide the Yarra River with its minimum environmental flow needs as a key action of its Sustainable Water Strategy
for Melbourne. That promise is yet to be honoured.
Now, the Government is plundering the Yarra even further by taking an additional 10 billion litres of water from our stressed river rather than pursuing sustainable solutions to Melbourne’s water future.
The people of Melbourne have been using water wisely at home, at school and at work. We need to ensure our water savings provide real environmental benefits to our city’s great river through increased flows. And we need our Government to help Melbourne get even wiser with water use by boosting investment in water conservation, efficiency and recycling.
Contact us
For more information or to share your ideas, please contact Go Yarra Flow coordinators:
Leonie Duncan, Environment Victoria: leonie.duncan@envict.org.au, Tel: 9341 8120
Ian Penrose, Yarra Riverkeeper: info@yarrariver.org.au, Tel: 0448 927 720 www.yarrariver.org.au
About this campaign
'Go Yarra Flow' aims to send a strong message to the Victorian Government that the people of Melbourne value a healthy Yarra River and that means we need Premier Brumby to deliver the river's promised environmental flows.
What do we want?
We want the Victorian Government to understand that the people of Melbourne value a healthy Yarra River and urge our Premier Brumby to:
• Honour the commitment to deliver life-giving environmental flows to the Yarra River
• Reverse the recent increase in water extraction from the Yarra
• Boost investment in water conservation, efficiency and recycling rather than taking more water from our stressed river
Pledge your support
Let the Victorian Government know you value a healthy Yarra River: click here to pledge your support to the Go Yarra Flow campaign today! Add your voice to the call and to encourage your friends, family and colleagues to support the campaign too.
Campaign launch - hosted by international music star!
Hawaiian pro-surfer turned singer-songwriter Jack Johnson threw his support behind the Yarra River as part of his world tour, by hosting the Go Yarra Flow campaign launch at his Melbourne shows on March 25 and 26 at the Sydney Myer Music Bowl. Hundreds of Jack Johnson fans pledged their support to the Go Yarra Flow campaign while exploring the concert's 'Village Green' which featured a select group of local not-for-profit environment organisations including Yarra Riverkeepers, CERES and Tree Project. Stay tuned for photos!
Creatures such as the Eastern Banjo Frog rely on a healthy Yarra River to survive.
(Photo courtesy Melbourne Water)
Campaign background
In an average year 70% of Melbourne’s freshwater supplies are sourced from the Yarra River’s upper reaches, allowing us to enjoy some of the best drinking water in the world. We don’t just drink the Yarra’s water though: we use vast quantities to flush toilets and irrigate farms. Melbourne goes through about 400 billion litres of water in an average year, with residential use accounting for about 60%.
But as more and more water is extracted from the Yarra, the river’s health is under increasing stress. Right now the Yarra’s flow is down to a small fraction of its natural level, creating a huge threat to the survival of the birds, fish, frogs and platypus that rely on a healthy environment to thrive.
For many years scientists and community groups like ours have urged the Victorian Government to help restore the Yarra by providing at least the minimum ‘environmental flow’ the river needs to support life.
For a river like the Yarra, a healthy environmental flow – changing in rhythm with the seasons – is vital; it flushes along pollutants, transports nutrients to where they’re needed and provides fish and other creatures with the right conditions to breed.
In October 2006 the Victorian Government made a proud commitment to provide the Yarra River with its minimum environmental flow needs as a key action of its Sustainable Water Strategy
for Melbourne. That promise is yet to be honoured.
Now, the Government is plundering the Yarra even further by taking an additional 10 billion litres of water from our stressed river rather than pursuing sustainable solutions to Melbourne’s water future.
The people of Melbourne have been using water wisely at home, at school and at work. We need to ensure our water savings provide real environmental benefits to our city’s great river through increased flows. And we need our Government to help Melbourne get even wiser with water use by boosting investment in water conservation, efficiency and recycling.
Contact us
For more information or to share your ideas, please contact Go Yarra Flow coordinators:
Leonie Duncan, Environment Victoria: leonie.duncan@envict.org.au, Tel: 9341 8120
Ian Penrose, Yarra Riverkeeper: info@yarrariver.org.au, Tel: 0448 927 720 www.yarrariver.org.au
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