Tony Short

Melbourne Water

For over 130 years, Melbourne Water has been planning and innovating for Melbourne's future. Owned by the Victorian Government, we manage and protect the city's water supply ensuring reliable, high-quality drinking water is available now and into the future. We're also responsible for reliable sewerage, healthy waterways, and drainage and flood management: • We safely treat sewage, using the waste as a resource to power our treatment plants, fertilise fields and producing high quality recycled water for gardens and agriculture. • We work to make sure communities are resilient to flooding and to minimise impacts on our rivers and creeks. • We manage rivers and creeks to ensure the surrounding environment is healthy and pleasant for the community. • We have a solid history of foresight and best practice — and we are proud of the work we do to help make Melbourne a fantastic place to live. • We work with Melbourne's three water retailers (South East Water, Yarra Valley Water, City West Water) to provide the community with drinking water and sewerage management services. • We also collaborate with councils, developers, contractors, Traditional Owner groups, the community and government agencies to deliver our core services. With the ever-present challenges of population growth, urbanisation and an increasingly changing and variable climate, we are also working hard to build a more resilient and water-sensitive city, one with a smart and sustainable water supply. Our focus is not only to deliver exceptional essential services to the people of Greater Melbourne today but to help secure a sustainable and healthy community for the generations to come.