Fishermans Bend is the largest Urban Renewal Precinct in Australia. Covering approximately 480ha across the City of Melbourne and the City of Port Phillip, it is proposed to deliver 80,000 residents and 80,000 jobs by 2050.
Located on the traditional lands of the Wadawurrung, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and the Bunurong Peoples, the Port Phillip and Western Port region is Victoria’s most diverse and complex natural resource management region by virtue of its location, geography, land use and population.
Located on the traditional lands of the Wadawurrung, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and the Bunurong Peoples, the Port Phillip and Western Port region is Victoria’s most diverse and complex natural resource management region by virtue of its location, geography, land use and population.
Learn all about water and the water cycle with this video series.
Learn about the key processes of the water cycle evaporation, transpiration, condensation, precipitation, infiltration and run-off.
When wastewater leaves homes and businesses it is piped to a sewage treatment plant. Learn more about what happens next.
A network of stormwater pipes has been built across our cities to remove this excess water when it rains. Learn more.
The amount of water in our environment is influenced by the type of climate. Across Australia, there are six broad climate zones. Climate is the average weather conditions of a place for a long period of time, while weather is the atmospheric conditions (hot day, rain, cool conditions) for a brief period of time.
Melbourne Water in partnership with Yarra Ranges Council and the Victorian Government, has delivered a stormwater harvesting system at Monbulk Recreation Reserve.
The Lower Dandenong Creek Litter Collaboration brings together the Cities of Casey, Greater Dandenong and Kingston, Parks Victoria, Melbourne Water and the EPA to tackle litter at a catchment scale.