Unless otherwise specified by us, the owner is responsible for the construction and recording of all works. The owner must meet all the pre-construction requirements before construction commences.

We expect land development consulting engineers and other practitioners to be fully competent and capable of delivering waterway and drainage services to a high standard.

The request for reservation of land, or the designation of easements, generally occurs at the subdivision stage. Among other things a plan of subdivision will generally provide easements and/or reserves for existing or future drainage, flooding, wetland and stormwater quality management purposes.

Connection to our asset is normally through outfall to a surface channel (either natural or constructed), or to an underground pipe system. The number of connections to our drainage system is to be minimised.

In some instances Melbourne Water may require the developer to create an operation plan as part of the new asset. 

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Find out our requirements for updating design plans with ‘as constructed’ information, including annotations, or view an example.

'As constructed' information for open channels is relatively easy to obtain due to the accessibility, but can be dangerous due to slope and smoothness of surfaces, especially if the area is wet.

'As constructed' information of levee banks is relatively easy due to the accessibility.

The 'as constructed' information for all pipelines/structures and channels relating to retarding basins and wetlands, or retarding basin walls (levee banks), must be provided.