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Learn about our Minor Civil Works Panel
Saving water tastes sweet for Gippsland apple grower
Southwest dryland farmer squeezes value from every drop
Customer consultation underway for the Werribee System Reconfiguration Project
Autumn season outlook: a dry forecast but still plenty of water in the storages
Busy 2024 in the Werribee Irrigation District
Accessible groundwater is vital to agriculture in south west Victoria
Conversations with customers and stakeholders
A legacy of care passed from dad to daughter
Customer
Southern Rural Water provides a range of services to customers across southern Victoria.
Looking to pay a bill, order water, or buy and sell water?
Find all you need to do business with us in one spot.
Water
Southern Rural Water is responsible for seven storages in southern Victoria. See the latest storage levels, water allocations for irrigation districts and information about water management here.
Storage Levels
Allocations
Macalister
The current allocations for the 2023-24 season for the Macalister Irrigation District are:
High Reliability
Low Reliability
Werribee and Bacchus Marsh
The current allocation for the 2023-24 season for the Werribee Irrigation District and Bacchus Marsh Irrigation District is:
High Reliability
Low Reliability
Werribee (Groundwater)
The starting groundwater allocation for Deutgam for the 2023-24 season is 100%. Allocations are based on groundwater levels in the monitoring bores.
High Reliability
Recreation
Our storages are home to some of Victoria’s best family picnic, recreational boating and fishing spots. Plan and prepare your visit to our recreation areas here.
Our recreational reserves are lovely to have a picnic and a swim. Check out this page to see what restrictions apply to our different recreational locations.
When enjoying a swim at one of our recreational reserves, please obey our general warning signs and follow the Play it safe by the water guidelines.
Initiatives
We’re committed to supporting a healthier environment and have a range of initiatives, policies and projects underway to improve and modernise for a changing climate.
SRW understands the need to balance social, economic and environmental values in our everyday operations, future modernisation and improvement works.
Modernising the MID has been undertaken to enable farmers to implement best-practice water use, invest in on-farm efficiencies and improve farm productivity, while making their businesses more climate resilient.
