Install utilities near sewers, drains, waterways, water mains or on Melbourne Water land
You must have our approval before you start work on any utility installations (such as gas, electricity and water) or excavations near our assets.
You must have our approval before you start work on any utility installations (such as gas, electricity and water) or excavations near our assets.
If you are planning to perform minor works on waterways you must get our consent.
If you are planning landscaping work we must approve proposed plantings over or near pipe reserves, easements and floodways.
A treatment train is a sequence of stormwater treatments, designed to meet the needs of a particular environment.
Gross pollutants traps are structures that use physical processes to trap solid waste such as litter and coarse sediment.
An infiltration trench is an excavation filled with porous material, which collects stormwater run-off.
Porous paving allows water to pass through it and filter back to the drains or into groundwater.
Raingardens are specially-designed garden beds that filter stormwater runoff from surrounding areas or stormwater pipes.
Rainwater tanks can reduce the harm to our waterways caused by too much stormwater.
Sediment basins are ponds with open water that capture coarse sediment and litter carried by stormwater.