Find information and apply for birdwatching access, diversion licences, dam licences and more.

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.

Partnership projects and case studies can request to use the Melbourne Water logo in their communication materials.

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.

Sea level rise is projected to increase over the next 100 years as a result of climate change, worsening coastal inundation. Please refer to our Interim Development Assessment Principles while our 2017 Planning for Sea Level Rise Guidelines are being updated.

While Melbourne Water’s Eastern Treatment Plant has been licensed as a Major Hazard Facility since 2000, safety has been our priority since operations commenced in 1975.

We’re building solar farms at our treatment plants, helping generate renewable energy. Better for Melbourne and our planet.

Melbourne Water firefighters diagnosed with certain types of cancers may be able to access compensation, under the Forest firefighters’ presumptive rights compensation scheme.