Melbourne’s water outlook

Take a look at the state of our water supplies for the year ahead.

Read the water outlook

I want to - popular customer tasks

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Permanent water-saving rules

A common-sense approach to everyday water use in the home.

Water use and storage levels

The latest data on how our reservoirs are faring, updated daily.

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Tips for saving water

From the bathroom to the garden, there are plenty of ways to save water.
Together, let’s target 155 litres per person per day.

Make every drop count

View the latest works and projects

Improving the Little Yarra River

We’re working to improve the streamside vegetation and habitat for native plants and animals along a 2km stretch of the Little Yarra River in Yarra Junction.

Weed control
Revegetation
River and creek improvement

Youell Street sewer renewal

We are upgrading sections of two sewer systems in Seddon and Footscray as part of Melbourne Water's four-year, $100-million program to upgrade ageing sewer pipes and manholes across Melbourne.

Sewer system
Construction

Protecting the Watts River catchment

We’re working hard to protect the lower Watts River catchment from an aggressive weed, red cestrum.

Weed control

News

21 December 2020

Melbourne Water goes up the creek to create new wetlands for Berwick community

The first stage of a $4 million project to transform vacant paddocks into a thriving community asset in Melbourne’s south-east is complete - with new wetlands now open for all to enjoy.

16 December 2020

Work to begin on massive solar farm at Eastern Treatment Plant

Maroondah Dam aerial circle

Most viewed pages

Don't miss our most viewed to find what you need, or what's been missing from your day:

Water storage levels

Rainfall and river levels

Drip Trip game

Thomson Dam cam

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Find your drainage scheme

Most downloaded

Looking for a key document, instruction or manual? Head to these pages for our most downloaded files:

Annual Report

Raingarden instruction sheets

Healthy Waterways Strategy

Water Quality Annual Report

Wetland design manual

Corporate Plan

Example of a flood level certificate

Victoria, let’s stay safe and stay open.

Everything we’re doing is keeping us on top of this virus. So no letting up.

A permit system is in now place for all domestic travel into Victoria, including travellers and Victorian residents returning home from interstate.

For more information and to apply:

Go to CORONAVIRUS.vic.gov.au

Together we can keen our summer COVIDSafe