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elbourne Water manages $15bn worth of assets that span the entire water cycle, from waterways and wetlands, drainage
and flood management to water supply and sewerage assets – a unique model compared to most other major cities across Australia. It relies on strong collaboration with Melbourne Water’s retail water sector (for water and sewerage services) and 38 councils (for stormwater management). Melbourne Water looks after all major infrastructure, dams, pipelines and treatment plants on the supply side, and also manages the major treatment works on the sewerage side and the sewerage network down to approximately 300mm pipes. “We then interface with a number of retailers across the Melbourne metropolitan region,” explains Eamonn Kelly, General Manager, Major Program Delivery at Melbourne Water. “South East Water, City West SEPTEMBER 2019