Explaining the concept of a 1 in 100-year flood event and its significance for flood risk assessment and planning in Greater Melbourne.

Melbourne Water will host the inaugural Water WonderFest on Sunday 9 November 2025 at the Western Treatment Plant in Werribee.

Melbourne Water welcomes the release of the Victorian Ombudsman’s investigation into flood risk at Rivervue Retirement Village and Kensington Banks. We thank the Ombudsman for undertaking this important work.

Melbourne Water is partnering with the agricultural industry, farmers, Landcare and local government to deliver on-farm trials, workshops, and peer learning that boost farm productivity, protect soil and improve biodiversity.

On a sunny spring day along Melbourne’s Merri Creek corridor, the unmistakable “growl” of growling grass frogs has returned to a swamp that had been dry just weeks earlier.

"The new plant is strategically located to treat water from Silvan Reservoir, feeding into three major underground mains that serve the metropolitan area through Greenvale Reservoir."

“We’re balancing the need for important investments and keeping prices low for our customers.”

"The timely delivery of drainage and water management infrastructure is critical to delivering more homes more quickly.”

A Melbourne Water project team has won a national industry award in the category of Infrastructure Project Innovation for their work on the Hobsons Bay Main Upgrade Project, at an industry awards ceremony hosted by the Australian Water Association in Adelaide on Wednesday night.

Melbourne Water and Greater Western Water have successfully completed a joint operation to refill a section of Deep Creek in the Macedon Ranges, aiming to save the endangered Yarra Pygmy Perch.