Melbourne Water Security Through Stormwater Harvesting Projects
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Project location: Melbourne, Victoria
Funding recipients: Nine city councils (listed below)
Total Australian Government funding: $7,290,100 (GST exclusive)
Water savings: Approximately 449 ML/yr
About the project:
The Melbourne Water Security Through Stormwater Harvesting project (WaSSH) is a group of 20 individual stormwater harvesting and reuse sub-projects across 12 municipalities in Eastern and South-Eastern Melbourne. These sub-projects will collectively supply approximately 449 megalitres per year (ML/yr) of treated stormwater for irrigating sportsgrounds, watering street trees and flushing toilets.
There are 9 funding recipients under the WaSSH project:
Banyule City; Bayside City; Casey City; Frankston City; Kingston City; Knox City; Manningham City; Monash City and Whitehorse City. Manningham City Council also plays a project coordinating role in the project implementation and reporting.
Project benefits/objectives:
- Reducing demand on potable water supplies.
- Helping to reduce the impact of urban runoff on water quality in receiving waters.
Project progress:
Frankston, Monash and Whitehorse city councils have completed and commissioned their sub-projects. The WaSSH project is scheduled to be completed by June 2013.
Stormwater Harvesting and Reuse projects are funded by the Australian Government's Water for the Future initiative.
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