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Table 8.6
Additional volumes (GL/year) needed for different environmental outcomes under
different future flow scenarios, Northern Victoria, Australia
Category of
environmental
outcome
Ovens
River
Broken
Creek
Broken
River
Goulburn
River
Campaspe
River
Loddon
River
Base case
1
0
N/A
0
0
0
0
2
0
N/A
N/A
23
4
4
3
0
N/A
N/A
84
12
12
4
0
25
N/A
98
18
25
5
0
N/A
N/A
250
N/A
30
6
3.9
N/A
N/A
TBD
30
44
Scenario B
1
0
N/A
0
0
0
0
2
0
N/A
N/A
46
6
4.5
3
1.9
N/A
N/A
97
19
15
4
6.7
N/A
N/A
TBD
N/A
31
5
13
N/A
N/A
TBD
N/A
38
6
N/A
N/A
N/A
TBD
N/A
N/A
Scenario D
1
0
N/A
0
0
0
0
2
0
N/A
N/A
61
9.7
5.8
3
2.8
N/A
N/A
128
31
19
4
9
N/A
N/A
TBD
N/A
41
5
20
N/A
N/A
TBD
N/A
48
6
N/A
N/A
N/A
TBD
N/A
N/A
N/A - not applicable; TBD - to be determined
(Source: Victorian Government 2008b: 99. Used with permission.)
Socio-economic impact assessment
Socio-economic assessments relate to how the changes to the management
of water are likely to impact people, communities and economies. As with
ecological impact assessment, social and economic assessments draw on the
information on the relationship between water and social and economic
benefits developed in the situational analysis.
Social assessments should include 'cultural impacts involving changes to
the norms, values, and beliefs' (Burdge 2004: 3) and identify how affected
people will respond in attitude and actions. Perceptions and attitudes are
important variables that can lead to real consequences, such as land specu-
lation or fear of losing one's livelihood. As a result, social science methods
(such as surveys and interviews) are used, supplemented with public
involvement procedures and consultation with the affected population (ibid.:
3). Variables include potential changes and impacts on: population compo-
sition and distribution; community and institutional structures; political
