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Melbourne's water
storages are currently at:
41.9%
breakdown by reservoir
(you can click on each reservoir
for more information)
Thomson: 27.2%
Cardinia: 43.4%
Upper Yarra: 69.9%
Sugarloaf: 84.1%
Silvan: 88.9%
Tarago: 60.5%
Yan Yean: 54.6%
Greenvale: 66.6%
Maroondah: 100.0%
O'Shannassy: 100.0%
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Term 3 2010
What’s your preference?
Complete this quick survey and be in the running to win a Free treatment plant tour or a visit from the SIM (stormwater Interactive model) for your school!
We would appreciate your input on a professional development day focussing on Melbourne Water’s school resources.
Did you know? New videos on FAQs
Most of you have probably been asked by students about why we don’t build more dams or put a water tank in every house or how we let dam levels get so low.
To help answer these questions in an engaging way, we’ve developed a couple of web-based educational videos designed to explain detailed concepts quickly. These animated videos are short, informal and to-the-point.
Available on the Melbourne Water website and YouTube channel, you’re welcome to download the videos via the Melbourne Water website or visit YouTube to find How do we stop Melbourne from running dry? and How did dam levels get so low?
Water Week Idol 2010
Water Week Idol 2009
Registrations are now open to perform at the third annual Water Week Idol. If your class is passionate about the environment and love to perform in front of a crowd, then this is the event for you!
Get your students to create an original song or rewrite the lyrics to a known tune. Songs can be performed from any genre but need to incorporate one or more of the following themes:
- stormwater
- recycled water
- creatures in the creek
- our drinking water supply
- caring for our waterways
- water conservation
- the water cycle
Add some funky dance moves or cool costumes and you are ready to perform in Water Week Idol! The event includes prizes, celebrity guest judges and live entertainment! Places are limited, so register your interest now by sending an email to education@citywestwater.com.au or sasha.roos@melbournewater.com.au.
Enter the Future Shots filmmaking challenge
2009 Future Shots winners
Are you aged 5 to 25 and want to win some great cash and prizes? The Future Shots Sustainability Film Challenge is now open. For the second year running, Future Shots invites all Victorians aged 25 and under to create a short film of under three minutes addressing the theme of sustainability.
With over $9000 in cash and prizes to be won, Future Shots encourages young Victorians to creatively explore sustainability in their world.
There’s a $1500 Melbourne Water prize for the film that best tackles the theme of ‘Water-Smart Cities’. We need lots of ideas!
And as big as the sky is blue, the range of approaches to your Future Shots film is endless.
- Entry deadline is 15 November 2010.
- Entries are invited from individuals, teams, schools and tertiary institutions throughout Victoria.
- Cash and other prizes valued at over $9000 will be awarded to the best short films in 10 award categories, judged by a panel of industry experts.
- The Future Shots Awards Night will be held in December 2010 at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Federation Square.
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