Yarra Valley Water

A Yarra Valley Water stall at a community festival in Melbourne.

Yarra Valley Water is the largest of three Victorian Government owned retail water corporations that provides drinking water and sewerage services to over two million people and over 61,000 businesses in the northern and eastern suburbs of Melbourne.[1] Yarra Valley Water provides water to around 30% of Victoria's population.[1] The water distributed by Yarra Valley Water is supplied by Melbourne Water, as is the infrastructure. Oversight is provided by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action. [2]

Yarra Valley Water's district covers approximately 4,000 square kilometres from as far north as Wallan and extending to Warburton in the east.[3] Yarra Valley Water owns and maintains over 10,000km of water mains and over 9,800km of sewer mains. [2]

Yarra Valley Water's activities are overseen by an independent Board of Directors appointed by the Victorian Government. Yarra Valley Water's head office is situated in Mitcham and employs around 800 staff. [2][3]

  1. ^ a b "About us | Yarra Valley Water". www.yvw.com.au. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  2. ^ a b c * Official website
  3. ^ a b "Organisation overview | Yarra Valley Water". www.yvw.com.au. Retrieved 27 November 2024.