Maribyrnong River Flood Review update
The consultation and submissions stage of the Maribyrnong River Flood Review is now complete.
The consultation and submissions stage of the Maribyrnong River Flood Review is now complete.
While Melbourne Water’s Eastern Treatment Plant has been licensed as a Major Hazard Facility since 2000, safety has been our priority since operations commenced in 1975.
In Melbourne, water is essential to our way of life. Today, clean, affordable water is readily available to our homes and businesses whenever we need it. Running from Beaconsfield to Langwarrin, the M418 water main is integral to the water supply for the Mornington Peninsula area. The main consists of divide and air valves to allow for outages, maintenance works and functionality. We’re conducting improvement works to ensure it continues to operate efficiently throughout the Cranbourne community, today, tomorrow and for generations to come.
Melbourne Water updraded the internal fittings of the sewer maintenance hole located at the corner of Cullen Street and Hudsons Road, Spotswood.
We’re building solar farms at our treatment plants, helping generate renewable energy. Better for Melbourne and our planet.
Melbourne Water is undertaking water main upgrade works in Melbourne’s eastern and south-eastern suburbs. These upgrade works will ensure Melbourne Water can continue to supply our customers and the wider community with a safe and reliable water supply now and into the future.
In partnership with Glen Eira City Council, we’ve commissioned several studies into options for mitigating flooding from the Koornang Main Drain, which services the suburbs of Ormond and McKinnon.
Melbourne Water firefighters diagnosed with certain types of cancers may be able to access compensation, under the Forest firefighters’ presumptive rights compensation scheme.
The impacts of climate change, and an evolving urban landscape combined with new standards, have prompted Melbourne Water to fast-track new flood modelling across Melbourne.
An improved flood warning system for Greater Melbourne catchments will be the focus of an implementation group jointly run by Melbourne Water, the Bureau of Meteorology and the Victoria State Emergency Service (VICSES) in the wake of the October 2022 Maribyrno