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One year on from Melbourne Water’s launching its Litter Prevention Toolkit, eight councils and community groups across the city have been awarded more than $34,000 in funding to help keep local neighbourhoods, waterways and Port Phillip Bay free from litter.

Melbourne Water is taking action to protect the tens of thousands of shorebirds and wild migratory waterbirds who call our Ramsar-listed wetlands and waterways home.  

Melbourne Water crews are still working to clean up a hydrocarbon spill that was first found in Kananook Creek on Wednesday, 5 August. There are positive signs that the amount of material in the waterway is reducing.

Melbourne Water, in partnership with Manningham Council, is rehabilitating a section of the Birrarung (Yarra River) in Warrandyte to repair riverbank erosion and protect native habitat, including for platypus.

Melbourne Water has launched a new stage of a major upgrade at the Maroondah Reservoir, the third of a five-stage program to increase the amount of water delivered from the reservoir to Greater Melbourne by 20 per cent.

More than 200 volunteers rolled up their sleeves at the iconic 1000 Steps in Darley on Sunday, planting and watering 3,500 native seedlings to help restore habitat and improve biodiversity west of Melbourne.

New draft stormwater flood maps for the Brimbank and Hobsons Bay Local Government Areas are now available online for community consultation, allowing residents and property owners to check their address, understand what stormwater flood risk could look like for their property and provide feedback.

Grow West is inviting the community to join its much-loved annual planting day, bringing people across the region together to restore and protect biodiversity west of Melbourne. The 2026 planting day is taking place from 9:30am to 4:00pm on Sunday 19 July, at the summit of 1,000 Steps in Darley, Victoria.  

Melbourne Water is calling for applicants to join its seasonal firefighting workforce, helping protect Melbourne’s major water catchments through the 2026-27 fire season. Applications open on 2 July 2026.