Profile

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 99,000 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 12,500 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 34 water treatment sites throughout the region, including dosing stations.

Full Treatment Plants

  • Beechworth
  • Bellbridge
  • Benalla
  • Chiltern 
  • Glenrowan
  • Moyhu
  • Oxley
  • Rutherglen
  • Springhurst
  • Tallangatta
  • Walwa
  • Wangaratta
  • Wodonga
  • Yackandandah
  • Yarrawonga

Chlorine-Ultra Violet (UV) Disinfection

  • Corryong

UV Disinfection

  • Myrtleford

Ozone Disinfection

  • Mt Beauty / Tawonga / Tawonga Sth

Chlorine Disinfection-Only Facilities

  • Goorambat
  • Whitfield
  • Barnawartha
  • Bright
  • Bundalong
  • Dartmouth
  • 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

JPGNorth East Water Regional Map (208 KB)