About the area
- Barwon Water supplies the greater Geelong area (including the Bellarine Peninsula and towns as far west as Birregurra and Forrest) and the Colac, Aireys Inlet, Lorne and Apollo Bay areas.
- More information on the water corporation can be found at Barwon .
2021-22 overview
Urban deliveries
34,818 ML of urban residential and non-residential deliveries were made in 2021-22, similar to the previous year (33,533 ML).
Wastewater recycled at treatment plants
10% of wastewater was recycled (3,266 ML of 31,890 ML).
Water deliveries
Urban systems
Barwon Water operates 4 urban water supply systems. Water is sourced from the , and Otway basins.
Table 1: Urban system water balance, Barwon Water
Recycled water
Water recycled at wastewater treatment plants can be used to supplement water available in river basins. Table 2 below lists the wastewater treatment plants managed by Barwon Water. Water discharged to the environment from treatment plants is included as an inflow to the water balance for each of the river basins.
The Essential Services Commission made some changes to recycled water data categories in 2021-22, so we have not included a comparison to 2020-21 in the table below. Click here to download the data for . Information about the changes to the data for 2021-22 has been detailed in the How we account for water supply on the How do we account for water? page.
More information can be found in How we account for water .
