Publications | Melbourne Water

Browse Melbourne Water policies and publications, including our annual report, corporate plan, key strategies and reports. Read about the activities that show how we're improving life and liveability for Melbourne.

Watch this video for our overarching strategy, which sets a clear direction for Melbourne Water, providing guidance, defining our purpose, and outlining key priorities and challenges.

Our Strategic Direction - transcript

Annual reports

CEO of Hope City Mission community garden with Melbourne Water staff member

View highlights from the past financial year, and see how we've delivered on our customer commitments and regulatory obligations to progress our vision.

Corporate reports

Long shot of dam

Browse our forward-looking plans and key inputs into our strategic planning processes.

Key strategies and plans

Read the key strategies that guide our objectives, actions and targets over the mid- to long-term.

Melbourne Water System Strategy

Read the Melbourne Water System Strategy, actions that ensure Melbourne continues to have safe, secure and affordable water over the next 50 years.

Drinking Water Quality Strategy

This functional strategy outlines the initiatives and actions needed to deliver safe, secure, affordable, world-class drinking water.

Melbourne Sewerage Strategy

This ambitious 50-year strategy sets the direction for wastewater management in Melbourne for future generations.

Flood Management Strategy for Port Phillip and Westernport 2021-2031

The strategy sets the direction for flood management, and outlines how agencies will work together to plan for, avoid and reduce flood risks while supporting emergency preparation and response.

Healthy Waterways Strategy

Read the Healthy Waterways Strategy 2018-28, which sets a long-term vision for the rivers, wetlands and estuaries in the Port Phillip and Westernport region.

Regional Catchment Strategy

The Port Phillip and Western Port Regional Catchment Strategy (RCS) is the overarching plan for how land, water and biodiversity is protected and enhanced across the Port Phillip and Westernport region.

Yarra Strategic Plan (Burndap Birrarung burndap umarkoo)

The 10-year plan supports collaborative management of the Yarra and its lands to give effect to the community’s long-term vision.

Lower Werribee Waterway Amenity Action Plan

The plan sets a 10-year vision for improved community access and enjoyment along the Wirribi Yaluk corridor, and prioritised actions to achieve this.

Stony Creek Rehabilitation Plan

The Stony Creek Rehabilitation Plan (2019-2029) identifies long-term and sustained actions that span recovery to active rehabilitation of the creek and its surrounds.

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Compliance reports

We produce a number of reports to meet our legislative requirements, and to inform government, our Board and its committees.

Water Quality Annual Report
Electrical asset management plans.