Merri Creek and Environs Strategy in Detail

Definitions

Waterway

According to the Water Act 1989, a waterway means:

(a)  a river, creek, stream or watercourse; or

(b)  a natural channel in which water regularly flows, whether or not the flow is continuous; or

(c)  a channel formed wholly or partly by the alteration or relocation of a waterway as described in paragraph (a) or (b); or

(d)  a lake, lagoon, swamp or marsh, being-

   (i)  a natural collection of water (other than water collected and contained in a private dam or a natural depression on private land) into or through or out of which a current that forms the whole or part of the flow of a river, creek, stream or watercourse passes, whether or not the flow is continuous; or

   (ii) a collection of water (other than water collected and contained in a private dam or a natural depression on private land) that the Governor in Council declares under section 4(1) to be a lake, lagoon, swamp or marsh; or

(e)  land on which, as a result of works constructed on a waterway as described in paragraph (a), (b) or (c), water collects regularly, whether or not the collection is continuous; or

(f)  land which is regularly covered by water from a waterway as described in paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) but does not include any artificial channel or work which diverts water away from such a waterway; or

(g)  if any land described in paragraph (f) forms part of a slope rising from the waterway to a definite lip, the land up to that lip;

Wetland

A site ...where&wetness of the land is sufficiently frequent and sustained to influence the composition of the associated vegetation.(DSE 2006).

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Waterway

According to the Water Act 1989, a waterway means:

(a) a river, creek, stream or watercourse; or

(b) a natural channel in which water regularly flows, whether or not the flow is continuous; or

(c) a channel formed wholly or partly by the alteration or relocation of a waterway as described in paragraph (a) or (b); or

(d) a lake, lagoon, swamp or marsh, being-

(i) a natural collection of water (other than water collected and contained in a private dam or a natural depression on private land) into or through or out of which a current that forms the whole or part of the flow of a river, creek, stream or watercourse passes, whether or not the flow is continuous; or

(ii) a collection of water (other than water collected and contained in a private dam or a natural depression on private land) that the Governor in Council declares under section 4(1) to be a lake, lagoon, swamp or marsh; or

(e) land on which, as a result of works constructed on a waterway as described in paragraph (a), (b) or (c), water collects regularly, whether or not the collection is continuous; or

(f) land which is regularly covered by water from a waterway as described in paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) but does not include any artificial channel or work which diverts water away from such a waterway; or

(g) if any land described in paragraph (f) forms part of a slope rising from the waterway to a definite lip, the land up to that lip;

Wetland

A site ...where…wetness of the land is sufficiently frequent and sustained to influence the composition of the associated vegetation.(DSE 2006).

Action Prefixes

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Table Symbols and Terms

Acronyms