Melbourne has some of the highest-quality drinking water in the world, and our water tastes great from the tap.

At Melbourne Water, we understand the central role water plays in our communities, environment and economy.

Melbourne Water respectfully acknowledges the Bunurong, Gunaikurnai, Taungurung, Wadawurrung and Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land and water on which we rely and operate. We pay our deepest respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.

Through an extensive network of underground pipes, sewers and treatment plants we manage and treat our city’s sewage, ensuring the health of our environment, our communities and our families.

Properties affected by the Eastern Victorian bushfires can access support from the Victorian and Commonwealth governments for replacing rainwater and septic tanks, and undertaking geotechnical assessments.

Fishermans Bend is the largest Urban Renewal Precinct in Australia. Covering approximately 480ha across the City of Melbourne and the City of Port Phillip, it is proposed to deliver 80,000 residents and 80,000 jobs by 2050.

Located on the traditional lands of the Wadawurrung, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and the Bunurong Peoples, the Port Phillip and Western Port region is Victoria’s most diverse and complex natural resource management region by virtue of its location, geography, land use and population.

Located on the traditional lands of the Wadawurrung, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and the Bunurong Peoples, the Port Phillip and Western Port region is Victoria’s most diverse and complex natural resource management region by virtue of its location, geography, land use and population.

Learn about the key processes of the water cycle evaporation, transpiration, condensation, precipitation, infiltration and run-off.