Let’s talk water
Get to know the basics about water, because having these important conversations today will ensure our city is a great place to live: tomorrow and for generations to come.
Get to know the basics about water, because having these important conversations today will ensure our city is a great place to live: tomorrow and for generations to come.
Explore 360-degree views of the heritage-listed Maroondah system, which has supplied water to Melbourne since 1891.
Explore the history of the century-old Maroondah Aqueduct with 360-degree panoramas, starting at Maroondah Reservoir and following it down to the Yering Gorge Pumping Station.
View 360-degree panoramas of the historic Coranderrk Aqueduct, from Badgers Creek Weir to Silvan Reservoir, and hear first-hand from one of its caretakers.
Take in 360-degree panoramas of the historic Maroondah Reservoir, including the scenic garden and picturesque valve houses at the base of the dam.
Melbourne Water is undertaking water main upgrade works in Melbourne’s northern suburbs. These upgrade works will ensure that additional water can be transferred between Silvan and Greenvale reservoirs to accommodate for the area’s future growth and ensure the community continues to be provided with a reliable and secure water supply.
Melbourne Water’s Lower Werribee Waterways Amenity Action Plan won the AILAA 2023 Victorian Award of Excellence for Land Management, while its Reimagining Tarralla Creek project won an AILAA 2023 Victorian Landscape Architecture Award for Infrastructure.
Thousands of native trees and shrubs will be planted to restore the unique natural habitat along Kororoit Creek on Wurundjeri Country, as part of the celebrations for National Tree Day on Sunday, 30 July from 10am to 1pm.
Tunnelling work to build Melbourne’s newest sewer pipeline has begun, with ‘Lucey’ – Melbourne Water’s tunnel boring machine - doing all the hard work.
We’re upgrading Liverpool Road retarding basin in Boronia, to ensure a safe drainage system and prevent surrounding homes from flooding.