Hawthorn East Retarding Basin Upgrade
We're upgrading the Hawthorn East Retarding Basin, located next to Rathmines Reserve, to ensure a safe drainage system and prevent surrounding homes from flooding.
We're upgrading the Hawthorn East Retarding Basin, located next to Rathmines Reserve, to ensure a safe drainage system and prevent surrounding homes from flooding.
Our service performance updates show how we’re tracking against our planning and development service standards. The updates are designed to help inform planning and development applicants, developers, consultants, councils, government agencies and other authorities, and are part of our commitment to transparency.
If your development must include drainage or water quality works, follow these steps to make sure they meet our standards.
We’re working with local councils to update flood information across Greater Melbourne, to better understand the risk of current and future flooding.
Apply for access to birdwatch at the Western Treatment Plant, and learn about visitor safety requirements while on site.
We’re working with the local community and project partners to transform a section of Moonee Ponds Creek in Oak Park and Strathmore.
We are improving the native vegetation of 47 hectares (3 kms) along Devilbend Creek, adjacent to the Devilbend Reservoir. Over four years we are removing weeds and planting new native plants. These works will protect the waterway from erosion and improve habitat for native plants and animals such as the Dwarf Galaxias, Southern Toadlet and Eastern Long-necked Turtle.
We’ve transformed 1.65 kilometres of underground concrete drain into a natural waterway, and turned Lewis Park into a more enjoyable community space.