Melbourne Water
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| Formed | 1992 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Victoria |
| Headquarters | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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| Website | www.melbournewater.com.au |
Melbourne Water is a government owned statutory authority that controls much of the water system in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia including the reservoirs, and the sewerage and drainage system that services the city.
Melbourne Water is wholly owned by the Victorian State Government. It manages Melbourne's water supply catchments, sewage, rivers and major drainage systems throughout the Port Phillip and Westernport region. Governance of Melbourne Water is by an independent Board of Directors in conjunction with the Minister for Water. Customers include the metropolitan retail water businesses (such as City West Water, South East Water and Yarra Valley Water.), other water authorities, local councils and the land development industry. Melbourne Water primarily operates under the Water Industry Act 1994 and the Water Act 1989. Melbourne Water was formed by the merger of Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works and a number of smaller urban water authorities in 1992. The Victorian Water Industry Association (VicWater) is the peak industry association for water companies in Victoria. In 1994, Melbourne Parks and Waterways was separated from Melbourne Water, which became part of Parks Victoria in 1996.
Melbourne received its first piped water, from the Yan Yean Reservoir, in 1857. Water shortages in the late 1870s led to the construction of the Toorourrong scheme in 1882–1885, and the Maroondah Aqueduct in 1886–1891. In 1888 a large part of the upper Yarra valley was reserved for water supply purposes.
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