WoW map quest: Water use and saving ideas
Worksheet: A World of Water – WoW map quest. Explore the interactive map to learn about Melbourne’s water storage levels and water use. Explore ideas of water action to reduce water use.
Worksheet: A World of Water – WoW map quest. Explore the interactive map to learn about Melbourne’s water storage levels and water use. Explore ideas of water action to reduce water use.
"To improve how we handle litter, we need to track down where it’s coming from, see how it gets into our stormwater system, and tackle the problem at the source."
These lessons can be used to compliment the Edithvale-Seaford Wetlands Adventure and the Edithvale-Seaford Wetlands Adventure Explorer excursions. The lessons outline key content and concepts about the water cycle and wetlands. Tasks include protecting and conserving wetlands.
To support the development a P–12 independent school, as part of the Riverwalk Estate community infrastructure development, we will disassemble, relocate and reassemble Hangar 1 closer to Hangar 2 near the B-24 Liberator Museum and demolish the workshop at the Werribee Satellite Aerodrome site.
We’re transforming another section of Tarralla Creek to create a more natural and enjoyable community space.
We are reimagining almost 2 kilometres of Eumemmerring Creek into a natural waterway from Doveton Avenue, Doveton through to Lace Street, Eumemmerring.
On a sunny spring day along Melbourne’s Merri Creek corridor, the unmistakable “growl” of growling grass frogs has returned to a swamp that had been dry just weeks earlier.
Melbourne Water is removing an infestation of giant pine scale from Cardinia Reservoir and replanting the affected areas with native plants. These works will protect the local environment from further damage from giant pine scale and ensure the long-term biodiversity of the area.
The Hawthorn East Main Drain (HEMD) is part of the complex drainage system which Melbourne Water manages. A recent inspection of the HEMD found that sections may be reaching the end of their working life resulting in brick separation and some brick loss. That’s why at Melbourne Water we are upgrading the HEMD so that it can continue to ensure that rainfall and ground water can safely flow away from built-up areas into rivers and creeks.
We're upgrading the Waverley Road retarding basin spillway, located next to Scotchmans Creek Trail in Mount Waverley, to ensure a safe drainage system and to reduce the risk of flooding to surrounding homes.