About the area
South Gippsland Water supplies 21 rural centres in South Gippsland from Wonthaggi in the west to Yarram and Alberton in the east. It operates 8 separate urban water supply systems and covers a total area of about 4,000 km2.
More information on the water corporation can be found at South Gippsland
2022-23 overview
Urban deliveries
4,656 ML of urban residential and non-residential deliveries were made in 2022-23, similar to the previous year (4,751 ML).
Wastewater recycled at treatment plants
3% of wastewater was recycled (116 ML of 4,618 ML), similar to 4% in 2021-22.
Water deliveries
Urban systems
South Gippsland Water operates 8 urban water supply systems. Water is sourced from the South Gippsland basin.
Table 1: Urban system water balance, South Gippsland Water
Recycled water
Water recycled at wastewater treatment plants can be used to supplement water available in river basins. Table 2 lists the wastewater treatment plants managed by South Gippsland Water. Water discharged to the environment from treatment plants is included as an inflow to the water balance for each of the river basins.
More information can be found in How we account for water supply.
