The Concerned Waterways Alliance (CWA) has released its February 2026 position paper, Hyperscale Data Centres and Victoria’s Water: Protecting a Public Resource for Communities and Rivers The paper examines a rapidly emerging issue: the scale of water being sought by... New discussion paper highlights hidden pressures on water-stressed rivers November 2025 Across Victoria, many of our rivers are struggling to sustain themselves under the combined weight of climate change, extraction, and growing demand. Yet there is another pressure... The Concerned Waterways Alliance is pleased to announce the release of our latest report, Single Living Entity Concept in Planning for Waterways, authored by Stephen Rowley of RCI Planning. Across Victoria, communities and Traditional Owners have long understood that... 
The Concerned Waterways Alliance is pleased to announce the release of our latest report, ‘What is a waterway?’, authored by Dr. Bruce Lindsay. This report examines the critical question of how waterways are defined in legislation and policy—and why this matters for... Healthy riparian corridors can provide more than a 50 per cent increase on the biodiversity of the surrounding landscape. Riparian corridors are critical to the health of landscapes. Urban and rural development are degrading these corridors. Through this report, the... 