The scheme funds vital flooding and drainage infrastructure to support major urban renewal precincts in Melbourne.

Learn how our work enhances Melbourne’s liveability: making life better, healthier, safer, more enjoyable and enriching for everyone.

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.

Go behind the scenes of the Western Treatment Plant with our virtual tour, led by a Melbourne Water educator.

In response to the 2022 Maribyrnong River flood, we established an independent review and updated the flood model for the area.

Climate-smart, sustainable agricultural practices is facilitated by the Sustainable Agriculture Facilitator (SAF) to support farmers in the Port Phillip and Westernport region

The Sustainable Agriculture Facilitator (SAF) supports farmers in the Port Phillip and Westernport region to adopt climate-smart, sustainable agricultural practices.

This ongoing project led by the Sustainable Agriculture Facilitator supports farmers in the Port Phillip and Western Port region to document the biodiversity assets on your farm, take biodiversity action and increase your sustainability and eco-credentials.

This page provides local information on dung beetles for the Melbourne Water catchment. In previous years, breeding nurseries were established for new species of dung beetles to hasten the breeding and establishment of beetles in the region. Many of these sites have been impacted by extended waterlogging during La Nina cycles and we hope to re-commence breeding new species in 2023/24.

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.