About Grampians Wimmera Mallee Water

Grampians Wimmera Mallee Water is a government-owned statutory corporation established in 2004. We have a responsibility to provide, manage, operate and protect water supply and sewerage systems for our community.

Vision, Mission and Values

Our vision, mission and values are an essential part of our culture at GWMWater. We incorporate these into every action we take - whether it's providing assistance over the phone, fixing a service fault, or encouraging regional growth for our local communities.

Our Structure

With over 160 employees, GWMWater is one of the largest organisations in the region. As a service provider and resource manager we have a wide range of functions and responsibilities. A strong and efficient organisational structure is integral to our ongoing success.

The Board

The GWMWater Board is diverse and multi-faceted, with men and women from all different working and educational backgrounds.

Executive Management Team

The Executive Team ensures the smooth day-to-day operation of GWMWater, as well as implementing strategic direction as determined by the board.

Customer committees

One of the most important ways that we communicate with our customers is through our network of customer committee members. These committees draw membership from a variety of rural and urban water users, municipalities and environmental interests.

Annual reports

Each year GWMWater produces a series of reports about our performance and highlights for the 12 months.

Our performance

As part of our five-year plan GWMWater provides an overview detailing three service outcomes our customers value and expect from their water and sewerage services.

Current water restrictions

Water restrictions are a necessary part of a sustainable future for our region and wider community. It's everyone's job to use water in a responsible and fair manner.

Permanent Water Saving Rules

You need to be vigilant in your water use at all times, even when you're not under water restrictions! That's why all Victorian towns are subject to Permanent Water Saving Rules.

Staged water restrictions

Water restrictions have one primary purpose - to conserve water! The health of the water supply dictates the level of restrictions, Stage 1 being the most mild and Stage 4 being the most severe.

A history of our headworks

The 'No Water No Life' series is an historic look at our headworks system.

The Historic Wimmera Mallee Channel System

The Wimmera Mallee Domestic and Stock Channel System, covering 2.9 million hectares, was one of the largest water supply systems in the world.

Constructing the Wimmera Mallee Pipeline

The Wimmera Mallee Pipeline Project was one of the largest water infrastructure projects in Australia, replacing 17,500 kilometres of inefficient open channels with 9,159 kilometres of rural pipeline.

Books about our water supply

Information about the history of our water supply and constructing the Wimmera Mallee Pipeline is available from these books and articles.

Emergency water supply points

Apply for standpipe access

Standpipes have long been an important resource for our region, providing access to water where it is otherwise scarce.

Electronic standpipe locations

Find out where our electronic Standpipes are located around our region.

How to use a swipe card standpipe