Projects

Find information on E. coli and Enterococci bacteria levels in the water at Boags Rocks, on the Mornington Peninsula.

Melbourne Water has completed an upgrade to the Browns Reserve drainage pump station to improve its reliability, by automating pumping during flooding and providing emergency backup power.

We’re trialling a better way of collaborating to address challenges in the Moonee Ponds Creek Catchment, progressively transforming the creek through co-designing and co-delivering projects.

To reduce frequent flooding to local residences in Capel Sound, Melbourne Water will be constructing an earthen levee on Chinamans Creek.

We are planning to transfer 280 hectares of our land to the Crown for conservation purposes, and rezone and sell the remainder on the open market. The land was previously earmarked for the Watsons Creek Storage Reservoir.

We’re working to restore natural waterway conditions in Yellingbo Nature Conservation Reserve, to help preserve the habitat of the critically-endangered Helmeted Honeyeater and lowland Leadbeater’s Possum.

Melbourne Water is collaborating with Parks Victoria and the City of Casey on an exciting project to create a new wetland and realign the southern reach of Grasmere Creek in Berwick, which will restore and enhance the area.

As part of our Urban Cooling Program 2021, we’re shading, cooling and greening Edithvale Wetlands to enable the community to enjoy them for more days of the year.

We’re taking a holistic approach to reducing flood risk in Elster Creek Catchment, collaboratively implementing the Elster Creek Catchment Flood Management Plan 2019-24 with the cities of Bayside, Glen Eira, Kingston and Port Phillip.

We’re working with stakeholders and the community to improve the habitat, ecology and amenity of Dandenong Creek.