Understand the key values and conditions we use to track the health of our rivers, creeks and wetlands, and how we test water quality.

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We monitor and supply water diversion licences for any water needed to be taken from the Yarra River, Lower Maribyrnong River and Western tributary areas for commercial and irrigation uses.

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.

Learn about grants available to support innovation, liveability and collaboration across water management, and improve river health.

If you have been engaged to complete work for Melbourne Water, you must adhere to the relevant safety procedures.

A Certificate of Completion will be issued by us when all the requirements of the agreement have been satisfied.

The requirements (if applicable), include:

We're responsible for the operation and maintenance of the Works and associated costs from the date of the Certificate of Completion, except where costs are incurred as a re

When a developer is designing and constructing one of our wetlands or retarding basins, often we and the local council are expected to have joint maintenance responsibilities wit

We have over 60 standard drawings to help with your development. We also have guidelines to help you identify the minimum requirements to be completed when submitting a range of applications to us.