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East Gippsland Water
East Gippsland Water serves an area of 21,000 square kilometres in the far south east of Victoria, which boasts some of Australia’s most diverse and spectacular scenery and a population of around 49,000 people.

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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EGW Service Region
The above graphic shows the East Gippsland Water region and the towns we service with water and or sewerage.

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.

We became a Corporation on 1 July 2007 and trade as East Gippsland Water. The responsible Minister is the Minister for Water.

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.