Waterways policy and strategy
Plan Melbourne
Plan Melbourne – Melbourne’s metropolitan planning strategy – guides the growth of our city through to 2050. Plan Melbourne also provides policies and strategies to protect our waterways.
Healthy Waterways Strategy
The Healthy Waterways Strategy is a shared strategy across Melbourne Water, state and local government, water corporations and the community providing strategic direction towards a regional vision for the health of rivers, estuaries and wetlands in the Port Phillip and Westernport region.
Closely linked are a range of co-designed catchment programs, including for the Yarra and Maribyrnong catchments, which support the region-wide strategy by providing a flexible framework for managing waterways across Melbourne’s main catchments.
Water for Victoria and the Victorian Waterways Management Strategy
Water for Victoria is a plan for a future with less water as Victoria responds to the impact of climate change and a growing population, while the Victorian Waterway Management Strategy provides the policy direction for managing Victoria’s waterways and aims to maintain or improve their condition.
Planning initiatives for waterway protection
Planning and Water portfolios are working together to deliver a range of projects. Below are some initiatives that Planning is delivering:
Page last updated: 10/02/25