Melbourne Water has recently implemented its digital twin pilot technology that facilitated the prediction of recycled water quality.

Melbourne’s Annual Water Outlook 2024 shows that water storage levels are secure for the year ahead. Storages are high now, sitting at 95.0%, but can fall very quickly in dry conditions.

The establishment of a shellfish reef in and around the Mornington Peninsula, specifically between Mornington and Mount Eliza, has created an ecosystem that ensures the ongoing health and resilience of fish communities, as well as water quality.

A joint project managed by Melbourne Water to support and enhance Victoria’s Western Port and Port Phillip Bay shorelines has benefitted these important ecological wetlands by reducing predatory animals and improving habitat for local wildlife.

Fallen trees from the devastating 2021 Yarra Valley/Dandenong Ranges storms have been repurposed into beautifully crafted equipment and presented to graduating primary school children from the area by local State Member of Parliament Daniela De Martino.

Forest Fire Management Victoria (FFMVic) firefighters recruited by Melbourne Water have been preparing the land surrounding its reservoirs and assets to help reduce bushfire risk and protect Melbourne’s precious water supply.

Melbourne Water supplies some of the best drinking water in the world and it all started 170 years ago when work on Australia’s very first reservoir began – in Yan Yean, north of Melbourne. 

Victoria’s globally recognised Ramsar wetlands are a biodiversity paradise for our environment and the habitat and wildlife that call these magical places home, and it’s thanks to Melbourne Water that they continue to flourish.

Melbourne Water supplies Melbourne with some of the best drinking water in the world, but it also delivers a wide range of important community projects that attract some of the country’s leading scientific minds, and many of those roles are filled by women. 

133 years ago, Melbourne Water started transferring water across the city from what is now known as the Maroondah Dam, via a network of aqueducts, now that same structure has evolved into one of the city’s most impressive responsive water supply systems.