The Brumby Government is taking action now to meet the challenges of the future and make Victoria the best place to live, work and raise a family.

And we're taking action to secure water for all Victorian communities.

Click on your part of the State to see what is happening in your local area, or read on for a snapshot of Victoria.

• Melbourne Metro: Information about Metropolitan Melbourne.
• Hume: Investing in $1 billion irrigation infrastructure upgrade in northern Victoria.
• Loddon: Goldfields Superpipe to Bendigo has been completed and water started flowing in September 2007.
• Grampians: The Government is investing in the future by funding the Northern Mallee Pipeline and Wimmera-Mallee Pipeline projects.
• Barwon South West: Geelong and Hamilton's water future is being secured with construction of pipelines to new supplies.
• Gippsland: There are upgrades to local irrigation systems like the Gippsland Lakes & Macalister River irrigation Systems.

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Major projects completed or underway include:

• Northern Mallee Pipeline and Wimmera-Mallee Pipeline projects
• $1 billion irrigation infrastructure upgrade in northern Victoria saving 225 gigalitres of water, or half as much water as all households in Victoria use in a year, which will be shared equally between irrigators, rivers and househoulds and industry
• Goldfields Superpipe link to Ballarat under construction and due for completion June 2008
• $52 million upgrade of the Eildon Dam wall and spillway
• $160m upgrade of the Western Treatment Plant to recycle more water for farms and industries
• A $10 million Stormwater and Urban Water Conservation Fund to develop infrastructure and projects to collect and store stormwater
• Multiple water and sewerage infrastructure upgrades in country towns across Victoria

The next stage of the Our Water Our Future, plan will see $4.9 billion spent on major water infrastructure projects to provide the biggest boost to Victoria’s water supplies in 25 years. 

Major projects include:

• $3.1 billion desalination plant
• $1 billion irrigation infrastructure upgrade in northern Victoria saving 225 gigalitres of water, or half as much water as all households in Victoria use in a year, which will be shared equally between irrigators, rivers and househoulds and industry.
• $142 million Geelong-Melbourne Pipeline
• $33 million Hamilton-Grampians Pipeline
• $300 million upgrade to recycle water from Melbourne’s  Eastern Treatment Plant
• Continuing water conservation programs for households and industry