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East Gippsland fires
Important information for fire-affected communities Updated 24 Jan 2020: If you need water in an emergency for livestock or for fire suppression, there are several options across the region. However, these will depend on your ability to access the water, given the...
Holiday operating hours
Southern Rural Water offices and Customer Service lines will be open throughout the Christmas-New Year period, except for: Christmas Eve 24 December from 1pm, Christmas Day 25 December, Boxing Day 26 December and New Years Day 1 January 2020. All water service...
Barwon Water submits proposed plan
Barwon Water has today submitted its proposed plan for the remediation and environmental protection of Boundary Creek, Big Swamp and the surrounding environment to Southern Rural Water (SRW) for consideration. On 11 September 2018, Southern Rural Water (SRW), as the...
MID irrigators receive extra allocation
Macalister irrigators will receive 20% of their low reliability shares this season, which is in addition to 100% of their high reliability water. Southern Rural Water announced the allocation after reviewing the current volume in Lake Glenmaggie and the current usage....
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