Waterway diverters: Melbourne Water

Waterway Diverters

Melbourne Water's responsibilities
Current waterway diversion status
Map of Yarra and Maribyrnong waterways

Melbourne Water's responsibilities

The Minister for Water has delegated Melbourne Water with the responsibility for managing the waterways and major drainage systems of the Yarra catchment and unregulated waterways of the lower Maribyrnong River, Stony, Kororoit, Laverton and Skeleton Creek catchments. Located within these catchments are approximately 2000 licensed water users. Water use is primarily for agricultural, industrial, commercial and domestic and stock purposes. The total volume of water allocation held on licences within these catchment areas is approximately 36,000 million litres, excluding water taken for commercial or irrigation use from farm dams.

Diversion licences in the Yarra catchment, Stony Creek, Kororoit Creek, Laverton Creek, and Skeleton Creek are supplied by water from unregulated systems, while diversion licences from the Maribyrnong River are supplied from a regulated river system via releases made to the river from Rosslynne Reservoir at Gisborne.

The Customer Charter For Diversion Services (PDF 289kb) outlines the customer service standards for diversion services and obligations of diversion customers.

A new drought response plan for licensed water diverters (PDF, 565kb) has recently come into effect. Below is the current status of waterway diversions in Melbourne Water’s area of management.

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Current waterway diversion status

Please do not drink untreated water from waterways

Water licensed to be taken from waterways or catchments MUST be treated before it is used for human consumption. For further information visit the Department of Human Services website.

Waterway Diversion Status

Catchment	Current Status	Restrictions In Place?	Bans In Place?	Flow (ML/d)	7 Day Rolling Average (ML/d)	Last Updated
Arundel Creek	High Risk	Not Applicable	No	12.1	11.9	4-Jul-2009 More...
Darenbin Creek	High Risk	Not Applicable	No	9.8	11.6	4-Jul-2009 More...
Diamond Creek	High Risk	Not Applicable	YES	0.3	0.3	4-Jul-2009 More...
Don River	High Risk	Not Applicable	No	148.2	54.0	4-Jul-2009 More...
Gardiners Creek	High Risk	Not Applicable	No	110.0	46.8	4-Jul-2009 More...
Hoddles Creek	High Risk	Not Applicable	YES	15.3	6.0	4-Jul-2009 More...
Kororoit Creek	Moderate Risk	Not Applicable	No	19.6	19.6	4-Jul-2009 More...
Little Yarra River	High Risk	YES	No	148.2	54.0	4-Jul-2009 More...
Maribyrnong River (all year)	High Risk	Not Applicable	YES	1.1	1.4	4-Jul-2009 More...
Maribyrnong River (winter-fill)	High Risk	Not Applicable	YES	1.1	1.4	4-Jul-2009 More...
Merri Creek	High Risk	Not Applicable	No	10.5	12.8	4-Jul-2009 More...
Moonee Ponds Creek	High Risk	Not Applicable	No	12.1	11.9	4-Jul-2009 More...
Mullum Mullum Creek	High Risk	Not Applicable	No	43.1	25.0	4-Jul-2009 More...
Olinda Creek	High Risk	Not Applicable	No	24.4	10.1	4-Jul-2009 More...
Pauls Creek	High Risk	Not Applicable	YES	0.0	0.0	4-Jul-2009 More...
Plenty River	High Risk	Not Applicable	YES	0.9	0.5	4-Jul-2009 More...
Steels Dixons Creek	High Risk	Not Applicable	YES	18.4	3.6	4-Jul-2009 More...
Stringybark Creek	High Risk	Not Applicable	No	34.7	15.1	4-Jul-2009 More...
Wandin Yallock Creek	High Risk	Not Applicable	YES	12.7	7.5	4-Jul-2009 More...
Watsons Creek	High Risk	Not Applicable	No	0.5	0.5	4-Jul-2009 More...
Watts River	High Risk	Not Applicable	No	267.6	221.1	4-Jul-2009 More...
Woori Yallock Creek	High Risk	No	YES	151.7	69.1	4-Jul-2009 More...
Yarra River Lower	High Risk	No	No	632.9	405.6	4-Jul-2009 More...
Yarra River Upper	High Risk	No	No	595.8	366.2	4-Jul-2009 More...