Drainage system
Melbourne’s drainage system directs stormwater away from urban areas to reduce the risk of flooding, but extreme rainfall can still sometimes cause floods.
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Retarding basins
Retarding basins play an important role in reducing flood risk, temporarily storing stormwater during very high rainfall.
Greening the Pipeline
Greening the Pipeline is an ambitious project to transform the Main Outfall Sewer reserve (along Federation Trail) into a greener, cooler parkland for communities in Melbourne’s west.
Government & industry
Learn about how we work with our industry partners, Traditional Owners and the government and find out how you can become a supplier.
Chain of Ponds Collaboration
We’re trialling a better way of collaborating to address challenges in the Moonee Ponds Creek Catchment, progressively transforming the creek through co-designing and co-delivering projects.
Water Outlook
A summary of the state of Melbourne’s water availability for the year ahead, and our actions to secure a resilient, reliable water supply.
Western Port environment research
We’re undertaking strategic research projects to improve our knowledge of Western Port’s marine and coastal environments.
Calculating water storage data
Learn how we calculate water storage levels and why we display data in a particular way.
Understanding our rainfall and river level app
Learn how to use our interactive map to view rainfall, river level or river flow data at more than 200 sites.
River health and monitoring
Understand the key values and conditions we use to track the health of our rivers, creeks and wetlands, and how we test water quality.