About the area
Yarra Valley Water is one of Melbourne’s 3 retail water corporations. It services upwards of 2 million people and 60,000 businesses across a 4,000 km2 area, from Wallan in the north to Warburton in the east.
Yarra Valley Water obtains treated bulk water from Melbourne Water and operates a single, integrated water supply system covering the part of greater Melbourne that is in the Yarra basin, extending to Warburton in the east and Wallan in the north.
More information on the water corporation can be found at Yarra Valley
2022-23 overview
Urban deliveries
148,514 ML of urban residential and non-residential deliveries were made in 2022-23, similar to the previous year (150,850 ML).
Wastewater recycled at treatment plants
13% of wastewater was recycled (1,572 ML of 11,990 ML), similar to 12% in 2021-22.
Water deliveries
Urban systems
Yarra Valley Water operates one urban supply system. Water is sourced from the Yarra basin.
Table 1: Urban system water balance, Yarra Valley 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 Yarra Valley 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.
