Waterways and Drainage Charge
The charge funds a range of services to protect rivers and creeks, and provide regional drainage and flood protection. View current prices.
The charge funds a range of services to protect rivers and creeks, and provide regional drainage and flood protection. View current prices.
The Tidal Waterways are a series of canals and harbours connected to the Patterson River. Melbourne Water leases and maintains jetties in the area, and operates flood protection gates.
View fees for planting, installing, demolishing or building over (or near) any of our underground assets or easements.
Victoria’s Freedom of Information Act 1982 gives the public a right to apply for access to documents in Melbourne Water's possession unless exempt.
We charge Melbourne’s three retail water businesses to remove, treat and dispose of the sewage and trade waste we collect from them.
Read how Melbourne Water is adapting our operations in response to a changing and increasingly variable climate.
•more extreme and unpredictable weather, including hotter and drier summers, heavier storms and increased bushfire risk
View prices we charge for providing flood level information for properties that may be subject to flooding.
View prices for diverting water from regulated and unregulated waterways, and harvesting stormwater from a waterway, drain, channel or asset controlled by Melbourne Water.
We’re building solar farms at our treatment plants, helping generate renewable energy. Better for Melbourne and our planet.
We regularly monitor blue-green algae and E. coli levels at the Quiet Lakes, and notify residents if these exceed the recommended standards.