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The project involved the construction of a 670-metre tunnel under the Yarra River through challenging geological conditions. 

 Melbourne Water and the Victorian Government have invested $65 million in the project.

Sugar’s origins remain a mystery, adding an element of intrigue to his story.

Melbourne Water has asked the community what services matter most to them as part of a review of the Waterways and Drainage Charge: here's what we found out.

Melbourne Water is delighted to announce today’s opening of a new 1.5km walking trail along the Little Yarra River following extensive waterway restoration. 

To mark National Water Week (21-27 October), Melbourne Water is excited to open 2025 school bookings for its brand-new unique and immersive learning experience, The Future Water Story, located at the Western Treatment Plant in Werribee.

Melbourne Water is undertaking platypus surveys across Greater Melbourne this spring breeding season as part of a three-decade-long monitoring program. Its most comprehensive mapping effort to date involves testing water samples for platypus DNA to determine where the elusive animal is present.   

A groundbreaking conservation project spearheaded by Melbourne Water is aiming to ‘future proof’ forests and safeguard habitat for the critically endangered Leadbeater’s Possum.  

Melbourne Water has launched a statewide initiative encouraging citizen scientists to record and submit frog calls using the free Frog Census app during October.