Our service area extends east from Lindenow, through to the region’s capital Bairnsdale, the holiday centres of Paynesville and Lakes Entrance, on to the wilderness coast and Mallacoota near the New South Wales border. It also serves as far north as Dinner Plain in the High Country of the Victorian Alps.
We have nine separate water supply systems that serve the communities of Bairnsdale, Bemm River, Bruthen, Buchan, Cann River, Dinner Plain, Eagle Point, Johnsonville, Lakes Entrance, Lake Tyers Aboriginal Trust, Lake Tyers Beach, Lindenow, Lindenow South, Mallacoota, Marlo, Metung, Newlands Arm, Newmerella, Nicholson, Nowa, Omeo, Orbost, Paynesville, Raymond Island, Sarsfield, Swan Reach and Swifts Creek. Eleven individual water recycling systems serve Bairnsdale, Bemm River, Bruthen, Cann River, Dinner Plain, Eagle Point, Johnsonville, Lakes Entrance, Lake Tyers Beach, Lindenow, Mallacoota, Marlo, Metung, Newlands Arm, Nicholson, Omeo, Orbost, Paynesville, Raymond Island and Swan Reach. Water services are provided to 28,312 account holders (assessments) with wastewater services provided to 23,551 account holders.
There are many different agencies that work together to manage water resources in Gippsland. Please click here to find out which organisation manages what in water.
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The region embraces an area formerly administered by four water boards. East Gippsland Region Water Corporation was initially established as East Gippsland Region Water Authority on 1 January 1995, by Ministerial Order and under powers conferred by the Water Act 1989.
The Corporation delivers the full range of retail water services including water harvesting, storage and urban water supply. It also provides wastewater collection, treatment and recycling services, as well as trade waste services to industrial and commercial customers.
