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Melbourne Water

Water authority in Victoria, Australia

Melbourne Water is an Australian statutory authority owned by the Victorian government, which controls and manages much of the water bodies and supplies in metropolitan Melbourne, the capital of Victoria. Its jurisdiction includes all the reservoirs, lakes, wetlands, canals and urban creeks, and the sewerage and drainage systems that services the city. Melbourne Water was formed by the merger of Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works and a number of smaller urban water authorities by the Melbourne Water Corporation Act 1992 (No. 54 of 1992).2 It is part of Victoria State Government.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1992Founded1

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Melbourne Water is an Australian statutory authority owned by the Victorian government, which controls and manages much of the water bodies and supplies in metropolitan Melbourne, the capital of Victoria. Its jurisdiction includes all the reservoirs, lakes, wetlands, canals and urban creeks, and the sewerage and drainage systems that services the city.2

Products and brands

The Victorian Desalination Plant is an A$3.1 billion desalination plant that was built in the Wonthaggi region of the Bass Coast. The plant can provide an additional 150 gigalitres (5.3×109 cu ft) of water each year. The base fee payable to the owner of the plant, even if no water is ordered, is $608 million a year, or $1.8 million per day, for 27 years, being between $18- and $19 billion in total. On 1 April each year, the Minister for Water places an order for the following financial year, up to 150 GL (5.3×109 cu ft) a year, at an additional cost to Melbourne Water and consumers.

From Wikipedia’s article on Melbourne Water, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

  • Victoria State Government

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Timeline

  1. 1992Founded Founded1

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