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May 2025 VicWater Update
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August 2025
At VicWater we are always looking for ways to bring our members and other stakeholders together to build trusted relationships and a sense of shared ownership and purpose. Last month we had two opportunities to put this into practice.
August 2025
Carbon Offsets Project
The Project Oversight Committee sub-group that was developing the draft operating model and budget for year one of the SPV has completed its task. These documents are now ready to be provided to the SPV once it is formed.
August 2025
Each year at the VicWater Annual Conference, the Women in Water Director’s Network hold an event which is open to all delegates and focuses on diversity and inclusion. This year we are very excited to have Hayley Monks, Managing Director of Echo Managed Services, to speak at this event.
July 2025
Happy New Financial Year! Hope your close outs went as well as they could go.
As you may be aware, we had a glitch in our IT matrix last month. In short, we had a series of “reply all” emails that went to our entire list – some 27,500 emails sent within an hour, resulting in Microsoft shutting down the VicWater email domain. The outage lasted 10 days.
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Working smarter: Barwon Water partners with Iota to accelerate water saving technology rollout
Caption: South East Water Managing Director Lara Olsen, Barwon Water Managing Director Shaun Cumming and Iota Chief Executive Officer Daniel Sullivan. Barwon Water is teaming up with [...]
Yarra Valley Water maps out climate change risks
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Coliban Water leading the way to protect water catchments
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National Water Week poster competition inspires action
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Melbourne Water at OzWater 2024
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VicWater Annual Conference 2024 – Registrations Open!
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WaterAble Leadership Program 2024
Do you have a disability and want to have more impact in your organisation or community but you are not sure how? Do you want to learn [...]
East Gippsland Water Wy Yung basin liner replacement works have commenced
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Helping Cardinia Shire to Choose Tap
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Smart budgeting tips: Building a strong financial foundation for your superannuation
Cultivating sound financial habits early on is crucial for building a great foundation of savings, particularly with the cost of living increasing. Laying the groundwork now can [...]
The Women in Water Directors Network Committee invites Expressions of Interest for the 2024 Next Generation Program
The Next Generation program aims to build connections throughout the sector between non-executive directors, managing directors/ CEOs and executives from Victorian water corporations and Victorian catchment management [...]
GWMWater Community Engagement
GWMWater customers can have their say at GWMWater’s Customer and Stakeholder Workshop. The workshop will be held between 10 am and 12 pm on Friday 22 March [...]


