Projects

The priority for the Beaconsfield Dam Safety Upgrade project is to protect properties and communities located downstream of the reservoir

We gather research data at Boags Rocks, on the Mornington Peninsula, where Class A recycled water is discharged from the Eastern Treatment Plant.

We’re planning to complete a dam safety upgrade to Cardinia Reservoir in the summer of 2024/25, to protect and prolong the life of one of Victoria’s most pristine water catchments that supplies Melburnians with world-class drinking water.

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.

To reduce frequent flooding to local residences in Capel Sound, Melbourne Water will be constructing an earthen levee on Chinamans Creek.

We are planning to transfer 280 hectares of our land to the Crown for conservation purposes, and rezone and sell the remainder on the open market. The land was previously earmarked for the Watsons Creek Storage Reservoir.

Melbourne Water will be conducting rehabilitation works to the Church Street Main Drain in Hawthorn between Church Street and College Street Hawthorn.

We’re working to restore natural waterway conditions in Yellingbo Nature Conservation Reserve, to help preserve the habitat of the critically-endangered Helmeted Honeyeater and lowland Leadbeater’s Possum.

Melbourne Water is planning to upgrade the Cranbourne Service Reservoir Tank to ensure it continues to provide ensure a high standard of water quality now and into the future.