Chain of Ponds Collaboration
We’re trialling a better way of collaborating to address challenges in the Moonee Ponds Creek Catchment, progressively transforming the creek through co-designing and co-delivering projects.
2323 results for flood resilient homes guide
Water Outlook
A summary of the state of Melbourne’s water availability for the year ahead, and our actions to secure a resilient, reliable water supply.
Western Port environment research
We’re undertaking strategic research projects to improve our knowledge of Western Port’s marine and coastal environments.
Sewer relining and maintenance hole rehabilitation program
We're investing over $100 million in a four-year program to upgrade ageing sewer pipes and manholes across Melbourne.
Calculating water storage data
Learn how we calculate water storage levels and why we display data in a particular way.
Flood hazard classifications
Flood hazard classifications help us understand floodwaters’ potential for harm and property damage, based on their behaviour – like depth and speed.
Melbourne’s Winter Water Storage Report: Desal steps in as rain holds back
Winter 2025 has been very dry, and this has contributed to the driest January-June streamflows on record, with catchment rainfall down 11.2 per cent on the 30-year (1995-2024) average and streamflow around half of last year’s levels. While this has taken storage volumes to their lowest levels for the end of winter since 2020, the Victorian Desalination Plant has stepped up, delivering over 16 billion litres since 1 July to keep Melbourne’s water storages topped up.
Cement Creek Redwood Forest upgrades
We are improving visitor access and protecting the environment along Cement Creek and the Yarra River at the popular Redwood Forest in Warburton.
Some paths near the riverbank will be temporarily closed while we build a boardwalk, viewing platforms, walking paths and fencing, and revegetate the riverbank to protect native plants and animals for generations to come.
How loopy litter is tangling Melbourne’s platypus – and what you can do
September is Platypus Month. Classed as vulnerable, Greater Melbourne is home to only 1,000-3,000 platypuses. They face many threats, one of the greatest is ‘loopy litter’ with 4 per cent of the platypus population entangled at any one time. In the Werribee River, that figure spikes to a staggering 15 per cent.
Tree management
At Melbourne Water, we manage trees and vegetation at our reservoirs, along pipe tracks and across our catchments.