About the area
Southern Rural Water is responsible for rural water supplies across the whole of southern Victoria (except for water supplied by Wannon Water to its rural customers).
Most of Southern Rural Water’s customers are direct diverters from unregulated streams or groundwater, but it also operates 3 irrigation districts.
The largest of these is the Macalister Irrigation District, which is supplied principally from Lake Glenmaggie on the Macalister River and from Cowwarr Weir on the Thomson River.
Southern Rural Water also operates the Werribee and Bacchus Marsh irrigation districts. Both are in the Werribee basin and are supplied from the Werribee River and its tributaries. The Werribee Irrigation District is also supplied with recycled water from Melbourne Water’s Western Treatment Plant.
More information on the water corporation can be found at Southern Rural
2022-23 overview
Rural deliveries
119,078 ML of rural deliveries were made in rural systems in 2022-23, more than the previous year (71,726 ML).
