Tours & Excursions
If you've ever wanted to learn more about where your water goes, the historic sites of Melbourne's water, or some of the most iconic wetland environments in country - check out the tours and excursions available.
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Excursions
Explore Melbourne Water’s school excursions for primary, secondary and VCE students, as well as TAFE and tertiary tours. These experiences feature hands-on sustainability and environmental learning across wetlands and water infrastructure sites.
Werribee educational experiences
An educational experience where history, nature and innovation meet - explore one of Victoria’s most fascinating and internationally recognised landscapes.
The Future Water Story at Werribee
The Future Water Story is an award winning, interactive and gamified learning experience at the Western Treatment Plant. It encourages collaboration while teaching students about real world water outcomes.
Maintenance
This section details the maintenance requirements for underground drains and channels.
Constructed waterway design manual
The manual outlines our requirements for best practice waterway design to help professionals working in the land development industry who design, construct and establish waterways in new urban developments.
Constructed wetlands design manual
The manual outlines our requirements for best practice constructed wetland design, to support consistent delivery of high-quality constructed wetlands across the Port Phillip and Westernport region.
Structural design
This describes the structural design requirements for drainage systems. It includes details on pipe drains and associated concrete structures.
Safety and maintenance
Additional factors which should be considered during the preparation of the design include:
Connecting to underground pipes
'As constructed' information for underground pipelines can be difficult to obtain due to the nature of Works involved