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Melbourne Water is taking urgent steps to improve the health of our waterways and catchments to boost populations of threatened wildlife and safeguard greater Melbourne’s unique biodiversity.

To mark National Science Week, we recognise Waterwatch Coordinator Naomi Dart, who is taking critical steps to reduce waste overflow and windblown litter into nearby waterways as part of our Platypus Program.

Melbourne Water is helping to improve waterway health alongside Diamond Creek with smart Bigbelly solar bins – to track litter waste before it travels into our precious waterways.

To mark National Science Week, we recognise Waterways and Wetland Research Manager, Rhys Coleman, who is working with smart technologies to meet the challenges of a drying climate and the demands of a growing population.

It might be Landcare week, but for Melbourne Water every week is, thanks to its ongoing commitment to the restoration, enhancement and protection of the environment, benefitting the community and native wildlife on the land and off.

Tunnelling work to build Melbourne’s newest sewer pipeline has begun, with ‘Lucey’ – Melbourne Water’s tunnel boring machine - doing all the hard work.

Thousands of native trees and shrubs will be planted to restore the unique natural habitat along Kororoit Creek on Wurundjeri Country, as part of the celebrations for National Tree Day on Sunday, 30 July from 10am to 1pm.

Melbourne Water’s Lower Werribee Waterways Amenity Action Plan won the AILAA 2023 Victorian Award of Excellence for Land Management, while its Reimagining Tarralla Creek project won an AILAA 2023 Victorian Landscape Architecture Award for Infrastructure.

Melbourne Water is once again recruiting seasonal project firefighters to join the fire management crew for the coming fire season.

Melbourne Water is celebrating the outstanding contributions, achievements, and excellence of Aboriginal Victorians at events across this NAIDOC Week 2023.