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25.01.2022 Today is the anniversary of the death of William Thwaites, the person responsible for establishing our city’s world-class sewerage system. Born in 1853, William was the first engineer-in-chief for the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works. He passed away on this day 19 November in 1907. William’s descendants approached us asking for a contribution to repair the broken memorial over his gravesite in Melbourne General Cemetery, that had been damaged in a storm, and to c...ontribute to a plaque to recognise William’s contribution to the health of Melburnians. We were delighted to help out and the plaque commemorating William’s service and his legacy to the city is now in place. The entrance to the Western Treatment Plant at Werribee which he oversaw construction of as part of the sewerage system in the 1890s is now named William Thwaites Drive.

24.01.2022 Annulus billabong is getting a drink this month! It doesn't get the water it needs to be healthy, so we're giving it a helping hand. We are delivering water to this important billabong working with the Victorian Environmental Water Holder. Billabongs are important cultural, ecological and liveability features in our landscape and those along the Yarra River are generally former paths of the river. Many of Melbourne's billabongs are now more frequently dry due to lower river flows. With the changes to their wet/dry regime, these ecosystems are threatened, so it's important we work to improve the health of the Yarra River billabongs!

24.01.2022 Melbourne Water is planning to complete a proactive safety upgrade to Cardinia Reservoir in the summer of 2023/24. This is to ensure that the reservoir continues to comply with best practice dam safety management in line with national standards for large dams. To help inform the detailed design of the upgrade project, geotechnical investigations, involving drilling several boreholes, need to be undertaken on the dam embankments. In order to ensure public safety while these ...works occur, closure of the Cardinia Reservoir Park is required for five days, between Monday 14 December and Friday 18 December 2020. We thank the community for their patience and understanding while we complete these important works. For alternative walking and picnic locations in the area, we recommend visiting Parks Victoria, and for more information about the geotechnical investigations or the Cardinia Dam Safety Upgrade Project contact us via phone, email or your preferred social media channel: https://bit.ly/3l1nEK4 Cardinia Shire Council Yarra Ranges Council

23.01.2022 We are planning works to manage weeds and vegetation along a stretch of the Little Yarra River in Yarra Junction and we want to hear from you! We are targeting climbing and scrambling weeds such as blackberry, honeysuckle and ivy, as well as a range of larger woody weed species such as willows, holly, elms and sycamore maples, and we’ll also carry out minor revegetation to stabilise river banks and provide habitat for native animals. A trail proposal to include a new trail t...o link into the existing Warburton Rail Trail has reached concept design stage and we are commencing engagement with the local community. If you are a local landholder, community member, business owner, trail user or visitor to Yarra Junction, we want to hear your thoughts on the proposed trail, so we can further develop options and prepare Detailed Designs based on your feedback. Yarra Ranges Council Yarra Valley Noticeboard Bushwalking Victoria

21.01.2022 There are restrictions in place for regional Victoria and metropolitan Melbourne when it comes to preparing for fire season or dealing with an emergency. See up...dated information about what you can and can’t do to prepare for an emergency during COVID-19. Visit: https://www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au/emergencies-and-coronavi See more

20.01.2022 Enhancing Our Dandenong Creek is an innovative series of programs bringing the Dandenong Creek catchment back to life. Thanks to the efforts of the community and our project partners, we're already seeing some fantastic results from the projects completed during the first five-year phase of the project. Now, we're ready to move into phase 2! Visit our Your Say page to find out what we've been doing and what's in store. Knox City Council KES Knox Environment Society First Friends of Dandenong Creek

19.01.2022 Want to know where your water comes from? Take some time out with the kids and check out Drip Trip! The game is a great introduction to the importance of water and its journey from catchments through reservoirs, treatment and then to your tap. Play it here https://bit.ly/3pV85qN

19.01.2022 Another revegetation project completed! Our South East NRM crews have successfully installed 4,800 indigenous plants along the boundary of the proposed Eastern Treatment Plant solar farm. These plants will create a screen barrier, protecting nearby road users from glare, while also providing great habitat for the abundant birdlife from nearby ETP, such as black shouldered kites, swamp harriers, nakeen kestrels, golden-headed cisticolas, grey fantails, superb fairy wrens, willie wagtails, black swans, white-faced heron and purple swamp hens all spotted during the planting!

19.01.2022 The Grasmere Creek Revitalisation project to realign and naturalise the straightened western branch of the creek has been many years in the making! It was a commemorative moment for project partners Parks Victoria, City of Casey and Melbourne Water to meet on site recently and see the waterway and wetlands planted out - just goes to show what persistence, determination and a good dose of vision can achieve. We look forward to seeing the roots take hold on these young plants and this new environmental and community asset thrive. A job well done, team!

19.01.2022 Our Maribyrnong Water Blitz team team recently had a joy of a very rare sight! They got to see the threatened Growling Grass Frog (Ranoidea raniformis), also commonly known as the southern bell frog and warty swamp frog in its natural environment. Did you know that we've got a Frog Census app? You can use it to record frog calls at any river, creek, wetland or other type of waterway! https://bit.ly/2HD2T9E

18.01.2022 We were excited to see over 200 students participate in our free guided virtual excursions of the world renowned Western Treatment Plant in Term 3. Teachers and students were amazed at how the virtual tour showed the scale of the site and loved hearing all of the interesting facts that our educators shared about why this is such an important place for Melbourne. Term 4 bookings are now open for primary, secondary, and tertiary school groups. Request a booking now! https://bit.ly/2EKZgxg

18.01.2022 Did you know sewage is made up of everything that goes down the drain when you wash your clothes, bathe, do the dishes and flush the toilet? Find out how we're able to take pressure off our drinking water supplies by recycling water for non-drinking purposes! https://bit.ly/2V5JCkl

16.01.2022 A ground breaking initiative involving a 100% Indigenous owned civil construction business working on Melbourne Water projects has been shortlisted for a 2020 World Commerce & Contracting Innovation and Excellence Award. The Wara-Paring, 'Come Walk The Path’ enterprise is a collaboration between Melbourne Water and engineering company Aqua Metro Services that provides exciting employment opportunities for Victorian Aboriginal people. https://bit.ly/2J0epwT

16.01.2022 We're proud to support Reconciliation Australia and the 2021 National Reconciliation Week theme `More than a word'. Everyone has a role to play when it comes to reconciliation and taking action in making a difference. Making a difference is also something that drives our new Principal Aboriginal Engagement Advisor, Dean Heta. Born and raised on Wiradjuri country in Albury, Dean’s mother and grandmother - who was a Wiradjuri Elder from Narrandera - always instilled in him a ...strong sense of cultural pride and identity. Giving back to his community is at the heart of much of Dean’s work and he's passionate about sharing his strong sense of cultural pride and identity. "It’s a week where we get to showcase the positives and impact of our culture on wider communities, society, and across the nation. But I’m a big believer in not just celebrating our culture for just one week we should be celebrating and sharing stories of our first nation's culture and our shared history as Australians all year round." We're so proud to have Dean on board! Read more about Dean’s journey here: https://bit.ly/3p0tbnJ #NRW2021 #Reconciliation #MoreThanAWord *Photos of Dean were taken before current government restrictions regarding mask-wearing indoors were put in place.

16.01.2022 Today is World Toilet Day where we celebrate toilets and raise awareness about global sanitation crisis 4.2 billion people live without safely managed sanitation. United Nations UN Sustainable Development Goal 6 aims to change that by ensuring water and sanitation for all by 2030. Find out more: https://bit.ly/2r2EmlW Read more about Melbourne Water’s commitment to delivering on the SDGs: https://bit.ly/2IN7aaX #WorldToiletDay

16.01.2022 Meet Muna - she's been working to protect Melbourne's rivers and creeks through the Waterway Blitz. Find out more about our Working for Victoria program by visiting our website. https://bit.ly/3kdXkvW

15.01.2022 Happy World Migratory Bird Day! Did you know that the Western Treatment Plant regularly hosts our feathered friends from south-eastern Australia, the east Asia, as well as Siberia? The plant's lagoons, grasslands and coastline provide an ideal and varied habitat for birds with a permanent water supply, plenty of food, and little interference from humans.

15.01.2022 Our Waterways Blitz Crews have been out planting on the banks of the Kororoit Creek, at the Isabella Williams Memorial Reserve. These plants missed out on being planted by School & Friends Groups earlier in the year, so our crews came to the rescue and planted over 800 indigenous trees & shrubs, with watering and mulching as well! Grow, plants, grow! Working for Victoria is a State Government initiative and Melbourne Water was successful to receive funding to create around 100 jobs to carry out essential work caring for the city’s waterways and land under the Waterway Blitz program.

15.01.2022 Are you a Moonee Ponds Creek local? Our team will be at the Oak Park Sports and Aquatic Centre next weekend to hear your feedback on how you want to see Moonee Ponds Creek transformed. We will also have two magical activity sessions for the kids! RSVP here https://fb.me/e/LsWmLILG

14.01.2022 Our Working for Victoria Waterways Blitz crew have been cleaning up rubbish from the banks of the Patterson River in Bangholme. The Waterways Blitz crew have collected 42 cubic metres of rubbish from the river, which is enough to fill 168 wheelie bins! Working for Victoria is a State Government initiative and Melbourne Water was successful to receive funding to create around 100 jobs to carry out essential work caring for the city's waterways and land under the Waterway Blitz program. Melbourne Water is working with local community groups, councils and other authorities to improve and enhance local rivers, creeks, wetlands, lakes and streams around Greater Melbourne.

13.01.2022 It’s official! Melbourne Water has again been named as one of the most innovative companies across Australia and New Zealand in the influential AFR BOSS Most Innovative Companies list! We’ve received the nod for the development of a world first Confined Space Entry simulator in partnership with Deakin University’s CADET Virtual Reality Training and Simulation Research Lab. The list was split into 10 industry-specific categories and Melbourne Water ranked fifth in the Gov...ernment, Education and Not-for-Profit category, making it our second year in a row being in top 5 for this category! More than 600 organisations nominated from across Australia and New Zealand for the 2020 awards. The full list can be viewed here: https://bit.ly/3iGrW8r https://bit.ly/3lqNUxT Inventium Financial Review Deakin University #mostinnovative2020

13.01.2022 Melbourne Water is set to perform a capacity-boosting upgrade on a Melbourne sewer responsible for carrying more than 30 per cent of the city’s wastewater to the Western Treatment Plant. https://utilitymagazine.com.au/major-melbourne-sewer-to-ge/

12.01.2022 We are partnering with North Central CMA and water corporations across the state to bring you the National Water Week Online Learning Festival this National Water Week (19-25 October) we hope you can join us for some, or all, of our events!

11.01.2022 This year our Executive General Manager, Service Delivery Dr Nerina Di Lorenzo was named by the Institute of Public Administration Australia (IPAA) as one of the Victoria's Top 50 Public Sector Women. This award recognises the individual excellence and achievement of exceptional female leaders - both established and emerging - in the Victorian public sector and showcases successful female leaders as role models for men and women. With more than two decades of experience in ...senior leadership roles, Dr Di Lorenzo is well placed to give advice to those aspiring to take the next step in their careers. I have three pieces of advice to share to people aspiring to be leaders, Dr Di Lorenzo says. Read what that advice is! https://bit.ly/2HxcpLC

11.01.2022 As part of our support for NAIDOC Week, our staff are proudly showing off specially designed T-shirts featuring artwork representing the three Traditional Owners groups - Wurundjeri, Bunurong and Wadawurrung our operations covers. The T-shirts were designed by Aboriginal business Yakeen Safety PTY LTD for our staff to purchase and they are very colourful, featuring Land, Fire and Sea. The inspiration for the T-shirt came from artwork produced by Traditional Owners for our ...three key regional offices at Bangholme (SERO), Croydon South (NERO) and the Western Treatment Plant at Werribee. All proceeds from the sale of the t-shirts have been donated to the Mullum Mullum Indigenous Gathering Place, who’ve strongly supported over the years. We’re delighted to encourage and promote Aboriginal artists and their artwork. Our thanks as well to Kinaway Chamber of Commerce Vic Ltd, the leading Victorian organisation dedicated to supporting Victorian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander business owners, for their support on this project. #NAIDOC2020 #NAIDOCWeek National NAIDOC

11.01.2022 Hydropower is energy that is captured from the pressure of falling or fast-moving water. We generate electricity throughout our water supply network, which is then fed back into the power grid and used to reduce our operating costs. bit.ly/2JxRxEI #PathtoNetZero #ReducingOurEmissions

10.01.2022 Pack a picnic, load the car and explore Melbourne's beautiful rivers and creeks. TIP: the Upper Yarra at picturesque Warburton is a great way to spend your Saturday afternoon Let's keep our rivers and creeks clean today, so we can all enjoy them tomorrow. Discover more of Melbourne's rivers and creeks bit.ly/2RqzrIy ... #MelbournesBackyard #LetsKeepItClean

08.01.2022 Coming up today on our Day by the Bay Online program (times AEDT) 12:30 - 2:00 PM Melbourne Water Western Treatment Plant virtual tour 4:30 - 5:15 PM Meet our Migratory Shorebirds w BirdLife Australia It's never too late to register: https://events.humanitix.com/day-by-the-bay-online

05.01.2022 Everything we’re doing is keeping us on top of this virus. So no letting up. Let’s keep our masks on. Keep catching up outdoors. Keep washing our hands and keeping our distance.... Keep getting tested if we have any symptoms. And keep looking out for each other. Victoria, let’s stay safe and stay open. Go to CORONAVIRUS.vic.gov.au Authorised by the Victorian Government, Melbourne.

04.01.2022 It’s on again virtually! Around 2,000 students from across the country are meeting online today for the annual Kids Teaching Kids Conference. This year’s theme is 2030 Vision: Rehabilitation, where students will focus on creating climate solutions and discuss how to rehabilitate damaged environments. Melbourne Water is a sponsor and great supporter of the event now in its 14th year. https://bit.ly/2Jofcr5 #KidsTeachingKids

04.01.2022 Want to be a part of the conversation on how climate change and population growth influence the future of Melbourne’s sewerage system and the response to these changes? Join us on 20 October for a Zoom webinar! This event will be a part of our online learning festival celebrating National Water Week, with this year’s theme being Reimagining our Water Future. https://bit.ly/2FfW4tO

03.01.2022 Bird Haven Heaven! Visitors to our Western Treatment Plant can now apply for Birdwatching access through our new online system. Our Western Treatment Plant is one of the best birdwatching sites. See some of the more than 295 bird species recorded. We hope to see you soon!... #MelbourneWater #BirdLifeAustralia #BirdWatching #WesternTreatmentPlant https://bit.ly/3oJXS0n

03.01.2022 Through the Victorian Government's Working for Victoria initiative, Melbourne Water has created more than 100 new jobs. Over the last few weeks, our Working for Victoria crews have been working safely to collect litter and remove weeds along our city's waterways.