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

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.

The hydrologic and hydraulic design requirements for drainage systems are described.

The use of easements and reserves to protect our assets will be influenced by the type of asset, long term statutory responsibilities, implied rights and required control over use of the land.

For public safety the need for fencing of all structures should be considered. For example, all inlet and outlet structures in the proposed system will require fencing.