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2023 Media Releases

Celebrating Customer Service Week

28 September 2023 As part of Customer Service Week, which runs from Monday, 2 October to Friday, 6 October, East Gippsland Water is celebrating its staff who work together to provide 24-hour essential services to our customers and the community. Executive Manager...

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2022 Media Releases

Omeo and outdoors right mix for Gini

An outdoor lifestyle in the high country is the right mix for Gini Eynstone, Operations and Maintenance trainee at East Gippsland Water in Omeo. Gini made the move from Bairnsdale earlier this year and works from East Gippsland Water’s Omeo depot. She has an affinity...

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2021 Media Releases

Applications invited for Round 8 of environmental grants

East Gippsland Water is now inviting applications for Round 8 of its Native Vegetation and Habitat Creation Grants program, which is open to educational and not-for-profit community groups across the region. Creating, protecting and restoring habitats with native...

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GLaWAC reinvigorate EGW’s garden

The landscaping crew from the Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation (GLaWAC) NRM team have transformed the garden fronting East Gippsland Water’s main office in Bairnsdale. Over recent weeks the team have set about re-imagining the existing, rather tired...

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2020 Media Releases

Additional measures to assist customers financially

24 June, 2020East Gippsland Water has announced that it will not apply the annual increase in water tariffs until the beginning of 2021, as part of a program of measures to help ease financial pressure on residential and business customers impacted by the recent...

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2019 Media Releases

New Wy Yung water storage tank

26 September, 2019Site preparation work is about to get underway at East Gippsland Water’s Wy Yung water storage facility for the construction of a new 36 million litre water storage tank.The aim of the project – worth around $15 million – is to maintain the security...

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We need your feedback

12 September 2019A random sample of 400 East Gippsland Water customers will be surveyed over the next six weeks for their honest feedback on water and sewerage services.East Gippsland Water, South Gippsland Water, Gippsland Water and Westernport Water have once again...

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2018 Media Releases

What the Hex?

East Gippsland Water’s storage basin at Omeo is being used to trial an innovative water storage cover, comprising thousands of hexagonal-shaped blocks that link together. The surface of the basin, which holds ten million litres of water (equivalent to ten Olympic size...

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2017 Media Releases

Poster Competition 2017

This year’s National Water Week runs from 15-21 October and with it comes the schools poster competition, providing primary school students with a great opportunity to get their imaginations flowing. All primary schools, as well as home-schoolers, in the East...

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2016 Media Releases

Have your say Mallacoota

East Gippsland Water will be hosting a water café at the Artisans Market in Mallacoota on Saturday 3 December, where customers can also complete a quick survey to go in the running to win $100 off their water bill. The survey offers a great opportunity to help shape...

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2015 Media Releases
2015 Media Releases

21 Dec Opening hours over the festive period (48KB)

21 Dec Choosing tap – ‘water’ winner! (2.8MB)

14 Dec Kalimna pipeline works completed (36KB)

01 Dec Mo Bros raise dough for men’s health (264KB)

25 Nov Your water supply in a bushfire (56KB)

24 Nov Stop it, don’t block it! (212KB)

28 Oct We need you! (52KB)

27 Oct Replacing a section of water supply pipeline near Kalimna (156KB)

19 Oct The poster competition winners are… (1.81MB)

07 Sep Seeking customer feedback on water and sewerage services (54KB)

07 Sep What’s with the bubble? EGW’s 2015 Public Board meeting (309KB)

31 Aug Luke Missen in Para-Badminton World Championships (418KB)

24 Aug Water Bottles and $100 cash up for grabs to sports clubs (80KB)

23 Jun Johnsonville water main replacement (48KB)

11 Jun ‘Bridge to bridge’ circuit taps into water refill station drive (288KB)

10 Jun Keeping price increases below inflation (68KB)

09 Jun Orbost customers to benefit from sewer main replacement (48KB)

21 May Howitt Park’s on tap for inaugural water refill station (596KB)

08 May Sarsfield pump station now hard to see (532KB)

06 May Re-lining sewer main to benefit customers (48KB)

29 Apr Taking care of business (376KB)

15 Apr Board Appointments (52KB)

26 Mar Work starts on 3km of new sewer main in Bairnsdale (48KB)

19 Mar World Water Day (48KB)

18 Mar Announcing the winner of the #SoNotCrap Peoples Choice Award (476KB)

04 Mar Board of Directors visit Lakes Entrance (488KB)

27 Feb Collaboration flows in water sector (509KB)

13 Feb Get your vote in for the #SoNotCrap People’s Choice Award (78KB)

03 Feb #SoNotCrap World Wetland Day activities (161KB)

28 Jan SoNotCrap invite (744KB)

20 Jan Audit & Risk Committee vacancy (320KB)

2013 Media Releases
2013 Media Releases

30 Dec Open days (45KB)

20 Dec Opening hours over festive period (35KB)

17 Dec Bushfires and your water supply (52KB)

05 Dec And the winners are… (84KB)

05 Dec Cleaning and upgrade to water main between Swan Reach and Metung (38KB)

02 Dec Seeking customer input into water and wastewater decisions (115KB)

18 Nov Gippland’s water corporations MOU to deliver benefits to regional communities (375KB)

18 Nov Mo Show (170KB)

04 Nov East Gippsland Water signs up MWH to deliver engineering services (108KB)

24 Oct Water storage boost for Orbost and District (147KB)

23 Oct Announcing National Water Week poster winners (134KB)

20 Sep Sponsorship for local schools entering energy-efficient vehicle challenge (53KB)

11 Sep New Chair at East Gippsland Water (188KB)

11 Sep Celebrating the best drop of tap water in the state (100KB)

06 Sep Public Board Meeting (45KB)

30 Aug Innovative recycling drive to reduce food waste sent to landfill (385KB)

20 Aug Under-river drillling work commences on replacement pipeline into Bairnsdale (82KB)

12 Aug Seeking customer feedback on East Gippsland Water services (83KB)

12 Aug Attention schools – get creative! (156KB)

05 Aug My Liveable City (291KB)

30 Jul Customers impacted by GSI (70KB)

29 Jul They’re calling on you (181KB)

29 Jul Bring Your Bills Day (75KB)

01 Jul Prize Draw is a win-win! (107KB)

20 Jun MWH selected for engineering services (75KB)

18 Jun Price increases kept to a minimum (100KB)

13 May Telephone survey is not ours (73KB)

17 Apr Water Boy makes a splash! (166KB)

15 Apr London calling (159KB)

28 Mar Tapping into grants (182KB)

27 Mar East Gippsland Water receives draft pricing decision (91KB)

11 Feb Lind Bridge car park to be closed for Bairnsdale pipeline works (86KB)

01 Feb Lindenow South water tank comes down (101KB)

29 Jan Essential upgrade for main water supply pipeline into Bairnsdale (77KB)

29 Jan Rewarding water efficient businesses (73KB)