DEECA
Water corporation

Gippsland Water

In this area

Surface water basin: East Gippsland, South Gippsland

Groundwater catchment: Central Gippsland, Moe, Seaspray, Tarwin

Groundwater GMU: Denison GMA, Giffard GMA, Sale WSPA

About the area

Gippsland Water services an area of approximately 5,000 km2 in the Latrobe Valley.

Water services are provided to roughly 165,000 people via 11 separate water supply systems.

Major industries serviced include dairy, energy, and pulp and paper.

More information on the water corporation can be found at Gippsland Water.External Link

2024-25 overview

Urban deliveries

56,606 ML of urban residential and non-residential deliveries were made in 2024-25, similar to the previous year (56,652 ML in 2023-24).

Wastewater recycled at treatment plants

9% of wastewater was recycled (1,954 ML of 21,743 ML), similar to 10% in 2023-24.

Water deliveries

Urban systems

Gippsland Water operates 11 urban water supply systems, including 2 sourced from groundwater. Water is sourced from the Bunyip, East Gippsland, Latrobe, Mitchell, Murray, Snowy, South Gippsland, Tambo and Thomson basins.  

Table 1: Urban system water balance, 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 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.

Table 2: Treated wastewater produced and recycled, Gippsland Water