How can I get involved?

• Begin by learning where your drinking water comes from. Find out what activities occur in these areas that could adversely affect water quality.
  
  
• Attend local meetings about developments that could possibly affect your water catchment. Ask questions about how your waterway or storage systems will be affected.
  
  
• If there is an opportunity, form a group to tackle water issues in your area or join an existing one.
  
  
• Ask your local council, water authority, catchment management authority, Waterwatch Group, Landcare Group, Tidy Town Committee, Progress Association or environmental group to organise a clean up of local rivers, streams and catchment areas.
  
  
• Get involved in Catchment Management, Waterwatch Group, Landcare programs, or community activities to repair riverbed and bank erosion.
  
  
• Support protection of wetlands, which act as a natural filter for rivers and streams, and provide habitat for fish, birds and other wildlife.
  
  
• Support water quality monitoring programs run by your local Waterwatch group, through local schools, tertiary institutions and community groups.
  
  
• Call your local water authority or the EPA to report pollution in streams or if you have any concerns with water quality. Representatives will be available to offer advice and assistance.

Community involvement is vital to water resource protection. There are always water-related events going on across Victoria; contact your local community group, school, local government, water authority, or government agency to find out how you can get involved. National Water Week helps to achieve a national focus on water, with many activities and events occurring across Victoria (and Australia) all at the same time.

Check out What’s On? as part of National Water Week.