About the area
Goulburn Valley Water provides urban water and wastewater services to around 135,000 people. This encompasses over 64,000 customers in 54 towns, from the outskirts of Melbourne in the south to the Murray River in the north.
Bulk water supply is principally from the Goulburn, Broken, Murray, Steavenson, Rubicon and Delatite rivers, and from some smaller local streams (such as Sunday Creek and Seven Creeks).
More information on the water corporation can be found at Goulburn Valley
2023-24 overview
Urban deliveries
24,472 ML of urban residential and non-residential deliveries were made in 2023-24, more than the previous year (22,299 ML in 2022-23).
Wastewater recycled at treatment plants
59% of wastewater was recycled (6,302 ML of 10,632 ML), more than 33% in 2022-23.
Water deliveries
Table 1: Urban system water balance, Goulburn 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 Goulburn 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.
