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About the area

  • North East Water provides water and sewerage services to 39 towns in north-eastern 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 serves an estimated 115,000 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 WaterExternal Link .

2021-22 overview

Urban deliveries

13,228 ML of urban residential and non-residential deliveries were made in 2021-22, similar to the previous year (14,163 ML in 2020-21).

Wastewater recycled at treatment plants

22% of wastewater was recycled (2,355 ML of 10,627 ML).

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 BrokenExternal Link , KiewaExternal Link , MurrayExternal Link and OvensExternal Link 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 below 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.

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 2020-21External Link . More information can be found in How we account for water supply.External Link

Table 2: Treated wastewater produced and recycled, North East Water