Melbourne Water has launched a statewide initiative encouraging citizen scientists to record and submit frog calls using the free Frog Census app during October.

A groundbreaking conservation project spearheaded by Melbourne Water is aiming to ‘future proof’ forests and safeguard habitat for the critically endangered Leadbeater’s Possum.  

Melbourne Water is undertaking platypus surveys across Greater Melbourne this spring breeding season as part of a three-decade-long monitoring program. Its most comprehensive mapping effort to date involves testing water samples for platypus DNA to determine where the elusive animal is present.   

Looking for something to do these summer holidays? Why not discover our beautiful waterways of the west

An independent review of the Maribyrnong River flood event of 14 October, 2022 has commenced.

Melbourne Water will appoint a new independent lead for the Maribyrnong flood review in the near future.

As part of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Melbourne Water is proud to shine a light on the innovative contributions women continue to make across the water industry.