Water for the environment
Learn how we manage water to maintain the long-term environmental health of our rivers, creeks and wetlands.
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Flooding and its impacts
Floods are a natural part of our weather cycle. Know the types of flooding that could occur and how they might impact you.
PageUp data breach update
Melbourne Water is one of a number of organisations who use PageUp to manage their recruitment activity.
Privacy Policy
Our Privacy Policy sets out Melbourne Water's commitments regarding privacy of personal and health information.
Drainage system
Melbourne’s drainage system directs stormwater away from urban areas to reduce the risk of flooding, but extreme rainfall can still sometimes cause floods.
Retarding basins
Retarding basins play an important role in reducing flood risk, temporarily storing stormwater during very high rainfall.
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.
Western Port environment research
We’re undertaking strategic research projects to improve our knowledge of Western Port’s marine and coastal environments.
Calculating water storage data
Learn how we calculate water storage levels and why we display data in a particular way.
Understanding our rainfall and river level app
Learn how to use our interactive map to view rainfall, river level or river flow data at more than 200 sites.