DEECA
Water corporation

North East Water

In this area

Surface water basin: Broken, Kiewa, Ovens

Groundwater catchment: Goulburn - Broken, Upper Murray

Groundwater GMU: Barnawartha GMA, Katunga WSPA

About the area

North East Water provides water and sewerage services to 39 towns in north-east Victoria.

North East Water supplies water to customers in urban areas sourced via Goulburn-Murray Water, which manages water storage, delivery and drainage systems.

North East Water supplies an estimated 120,000 people in an area of roughly 20,000 km2. The area extends from Corryong in the east along the Murray River to Yarrawonga, then south to Benalla and to Bright, Mount Beauty and Dartmouth in the Victorian Alps.

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

2024-25 overview

Urban deliveries

16,355 ML of urban residential and non-residential deliveries were made in 2024-25, similar to the previous year (14,922 ML).

Wastewater recycled at treatment plants

32% of wastewater was recycled (3,061 ML of 9,422 ML), similar to 28% in 2023-24.

Water deliveries

Urban systems

North East Water operates 20 urban water supply systems, including one sourced from both surface water and groundwater. Water is sourced from the Broken, Kiewa, Murray and Ovens basins.  

Table 1: Urban system water balance, North East 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 North East 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, North East Water