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North East Water provides water and sewerage services to 38 towns, villages and cities in North East Victoria. We are one of 12 similar corporations throughout regional Victoria.

We operate as a retailer that on-sells water from our wholesaler, Goulburn-Murray Water (GMW), which manages water storage, delivery and drainage systems involving 70% of Victoria's stored water.

North East Water serves an estimated population of 117,100 people in an area of approximately 20,000 square kilometres. The region extends from Corryong in the east, along the Murray River to Yarrawonga, then south to Benalla and the alpine towns of Bright, Mt. Beauty and Dartmouth.

North East Water Regional Map

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The communities serviced are diverse in size and characteristics. They range from about 14,500 assessments in Wodonga to less than 50 in the rural hamlet of St. James.

Major industrial customers are situated in Wodonga, Wangaratta, Rutherglen, Benalla and Myrtleford.

The Corporation's head office is located in Wodonga, and it houses the administrative support and technical services areas of the business.

North East Water's two major functions are treatment and distribution. System distribution operates from Wodonga and Wangaratta, with local support centres at Benalla, Yarrawonga, Bright, Mt Beauty, Beechworth and Rutherglen.

The Corporation operates 22 water treatment sites throughout the region:

Full Treatment Plants

• Beechworth
• Bellbridge
• Benalla
• Bright (also services Porepunkah and Wandiligong)
• Bundalong 
• Dartmouth
• Eskdale
• Moyhu
• Mt Beauty / Tawonga / Tawonga Sth
• Myrtleford
• Oxley
• Wahgunyah (also services Rutherglen)
• Tallangatta
• Walwa
• Wangaratta (also services Glenrowan)
• Wodonga (also services Kiewa, Tangambalanga, Bandiana, Baranduda, Bonegilla, Ebden, Killara, Barnawartha, Chiltern and Springhurst)
• Yackandandah
• Yarrawonga (also services Tungamah, St James and Devenish)

Chlorine-Ultra Violet (UV) Disinfection

• Corryong (also services Cudgewa)
• Whitfield

Chlorine Disinfection-Only Facilities

• Goorambat
• Harrietville

The Corporation also operates wastewater treatment facilities throughout the region.

Wastewater Treatment Facilities

• Baranduda
• Barnawartha
• Beechworth
• Bellbridge
• Benalla
• Bright
• Bundalong
• Chiltern
• Corryong
• Dartmouth
• Mt. Beauty
• Myrtleford
• Rutherglen
• Tallangatta
• Wangaratta
• Wodonga
• Yackandandah
• Yarrawonga

North East Water Regional Map (173 KB)