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.

River Detectives is a free, fun and flexible statewide citizen science program designed for schools.

Before you start building, renovating or sub-dividing, make sure your plans meet our criteria for flood, water asset and waterway protection.

Building surveyors and councils won’t issue a building permit unless you have our written approval to work or build near our assets such as pipes, drains and water mains.

Before you apply to councils for a town planning or building permit, you must find out if your property is near or within any Melbourne Water easements or assets – such as drains, sewers or water mains.

If we need ‘as constructed’ plans for the asset near your property, you’ll need to engage a licensed surveyor and Service Detection Locators to prove its location.

Works near, on or above our assets must meet our technical requirements.

You must include preliminary plans and supporting documents that outline your proposed work when applying for approval to connect to our stormwater system.