Read about Melbourne's water supply and water storage levels, which face ongoing challenges from climate change and population growth. 

Our guidelines outline our technical requirements for utility installations aligned across or in parallel to our sewage and stormwater pipes, water mains and natural or artificial channels.

If you’ll be working on a Melbourne Water site, you must complete safety training and get approval to access the site before you visit.

Confined Space Entry (CSE) work is extremely hazardous and considered a high risk activity in the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2007.

Plan ahead. Understand the impacts of potential flooding on your plans to buy, sell, build, renovate or develop.

An overlay is a map in a council planning scheme that shows the location and extent of special features, such as where land may be subject to flooding.

Help us better understand this elusive animal by reporting platypus sightings.

​Waterbugs let us know how healthy our waterways are - and you can too, by monitoring your local macroinvertebrates.

Volunteer as a Waterwatch water quality monitor, and collect data to help your local river or creek.

Schools and community groups can book a guided tour or virtual excursion to our water and sewage treatment plants, or wetlands education centre.