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Melbourne Water

Melbourne's water
storages
are currently

34.7%

Stage 3a Restrictions are now in place

Melburnians have done a great job saving water in the face of record-low flows into our dams. Per person, we’re using almost 40% less water compared with the 1990s.

Stage 3a Water Restrictions are currently in place. Here’s a summary of what that means for households:

Residential gardens

HOW

  • Hand watering – hose with trigger nozzle only, between 6am-8am on allocated watering days
  • Manual dripper systems – between 6-8am, only on allocated watering days
  • Automatic dripper systems – between midnight and 2am, only on allocated watering days

WHEN

  • Even-numbered properties - Saturday and Tuesday
  • Odd-numbered properties - Sunday and Wednesday
  • Where this is no number, the property is considered even-numbered
  • No watering on Monday, Thursday or Friday

Note: Rainwater and greywater can be used anytime.

Car washing

  • A bucket, filled directly from a tap can be used to clean windows, mirrors and lights; and spot-remove corrosive substances.
  • An efficient commercial car wash that uses 70 litres of water or less per vehicle can be used.

Pools and spas

  • A new pool or spa of any size capacity cannot be filled with drinking water.
    • However, a new or existing swimming pool or spa may be filled with an alternative water source such as groundwater.
See also:
Target 155

To help save more water, Melburnians are asked to target 155 litres of water, per day.


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