Stawell water supply

Current water restrictions

Permanent Water Saving Rules

Safe to drink?

Yes

The water is safe for drinking. It is filtered and disinfected to meet the strict guidelines for safe drinking water. It can be used for drinking, cooking, making ice, cleaning your teeth and for showering or bathing.

Drinking water treatment

Treatment process

Coagulation, flocculation, dissolved air flotation, filtration, disinfection, pH correction.

Chemicals used in the process

Carbon dioxide, lime, aluminium sulphate, polyelectrolyte, chlorine.

Water quality

We test the water quality regularly. View the test results

Statement of Water Quality for food businesses, if required.

Water supply

Your water comes from the Grampians Headworks Storages. The "headworks" is the area in and around the Grampians ranges and Wimmera River. It includes 11 reservoirs and diversion weirs and the streams and channels connecting them.

GWMWater maintains the infrastructure of the headworks, while the independent Storage Manager manages the water resources.

Sewerage services

Yes - Gravity Sewer System

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Service disruptions

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