Yarra Valley Water is encouraging cafes to join the Refiller movement, offering free tap water refills to thirsty Melburnians - and do their bit to help reduce plastic waste. Mocha Jo’s cafe in Glen Waverley has joined the Choose [...]
Southern Rural Water and Wannon Water have joined forces to reduce carbon emissions in the Victorian water industry. Under the partnership agreement, Wannon Water will trade 3,000 Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCU) to Southern Rural Water in the period from 2024/25 to 2029/30. Wannon Water [...]
Yarra Valley Water is partnering with major infrastructure delivery organisations to reduce the impact of using drinking water in construction through a new water offset program. A pilot is underway with a level crossing removal project in Melbourne’s east. Water is essential to [...]
An artist’s impression of what the Stratford water tower artwork could look like. Gippsland Water has collaborated with local Gunnai artist Alice Pepper to turn the Stratford water tower into a colourful celebration of First Nations connection to water. [...]
Yarra Valley Water has donated 26 silt bags, worth $1000, to the Victoria State Emergency Service (VICSES) Heidelberg Unit. Yarra Valley Water Acting General Manager Distribution Services Kristen Knight said the utility was proud to support the local VICSES unit. “As an organisation [...]
The Neerim South conservation site before revegetation Fresh growth on display at Neerim South conservation site during recent visit Gippsland Water has helped boost the local population of endangered Strzelecki Gums (Eucalyptus strzeleckii) with a successful revegetation [...]
The Energy and Water Ombudsman Victoria (EWOV) publishes a quarterly report highlighting insights from their caseload and broader work program. In the forthcoming issue of Reflect – EWOV identifies key casework insights: EWOV received 4,442 cases in the Jan-Mar quarter 2024, down 5% [...]
Yarra Valley Water has unveiled a new map-based tool to show the threat climate change may have on its infrastructure in the future. The water utility has warned that extreme weather events, including bushfires, flooding and droughts, are increasingly impacting our water supply [...]
Coliban Water is the first water corporation in Australia to adopt the Australian Water Association’s new source water protection policy. Known as the Source Water Protection Statement, it provides 11 new prevention-led principles to support water corporations with catchment policy direction and ultimately [...]
Caption: Barwon Water Project Manager Gurvinder Kaur, who led the project, Barwon Park Farmer Ewan Peel, National Trust Interim CEO Philip Martin and Barwon Water General Manager Seamus Butcher pictured with the new irrigator Barwon Water and the National Trust of Australia [...]