Floods are a natural part of Melbourne’s weather. We can’t stop them from happening, but we can all play a role in minimising their impacts.

At Melbourne Water, we have been taking action and planning across 50-year time horizons to manage and protect this precious resource for our city.

We manage and treat our city’s sewage, ensuring the health of our environment, our communities and our families.

With the impacts of climate change and population growth, we need to work together to make every drop count.

We work with the retail water companies and other non-metropolitan water businesses to supply drinking and recycled water water, and to remove and treat sewerage.

Melbourne Water touches all parts of the water cycle that are essential to our way of life: from providing clean drinking water, treating sewage, planning that manages flooding, and keeping Melbourne’s rivers, creeks and catchments healthy.

Find information and apply for birdwatching access, diversion licences, dam licences and more.

Melbourne has some of the highest-quality drinking water in the world, and our water tastes great from the tap.