Check out our tips for using water wisely and saving it at school, or download our fact sheet for more inspiration.

Raingardens are self-watering, low maintenance gardens that capture and filter stormwater to protect our rivers and creeks. Learn how to design and build your own.

Volunteer for our citizen science frog monitoring program, and record frog calls to help conservation efforts.

Help us better understand this elusive animal by reporting platypus sightings.

​Waterbugs let us know how healthy our waterways are - and you can too, by monitoring your local macroinvertebrates.

Volunteer as a Waterwatch water quality monitor, and collect data to help your local river or creek.

Melbourne Water’s service offering is constantly evolving to meet the challenges related to population growth, empowered customer expectations, increased cost of living, urbanisation and impacts of climate change.

Protect your local waterway with our Waterwatch citizen science programs: count frogs, platypus or waterbugs, test water quality or take part in litter action.

Find out how you can use our land for community projects that enhance liveability, or for individual or commercial use.

Colouring sheets featuring waterbugs, frogs and platypus from our citizen science programs.