Central Highlands Water

Central Highlands Water is a regional water corporation in central Victoria, Australia, focused around the city of Ballarat and surrounding towns.

Its purpose is the provision of high quality drinking water, sewerage, trade waste and recycled water services. It was formerly known as the Central Highlands Region Water Authority, and is one of 19 state-owned water businesses operating under the guidance of the Victorian Water Act.

Water supply in Victoria, Australia

Greater Metropolitan Melbourne dams / reservoirs by capacity	Thomson 1,123,000 megalitres (2.47×10¹¹ imp gal; 2.97×10¹¹ US gal) Cardinia 287,000 megalitres (6.3×10¹⁰ imp gal; 7.6×10¹⁰ US gal) Upper Yarra 200,000 megalitres (4.4×10¹⁰ imp gal; 5.3×10¹⁰ US gal) Sugarloaf 96,000 megalitres (2.1×10¹⁰ imp gal; 2.5×10¹⁰ US gal) Silvan 40,000 megalitres (8.8×10⁹ imp gal; 1.1×10¹⁰ US gal) Tarago 37,500 megalitres (8.2×10⁹ imp gal; 9.9×10⁹ US gal) Yan Yean 30,000 megalitres (6.6×10⁹ imp gal; 7.9×10⁹ US gal) Greenvale 27,000 megalitres (5.9×10⁹ imp gal; 7.1×10⁹ US gal) Maroondah 22,000 megalitres (4.8×10⁹ imp gal; 5.8×10⁹ US gal) O'Shannassy 3,000 megalitres (660,000,000 imp gal; 790,000,000 US gal) Anakie Melton Toorourrong

Regional dams / reservoirs	Allen Blue Rock Bostock Dartmouth Eildon Eppalock Glenmaggie Korweinguboora Laanecoorie Lauriston Malsmbury Marengo Moondara Painkalac Rocklands Stony Creek Upper Coliban Waranga Basin West Barwon West Gellibrand and Olangolah Reservoirs and No. 4 & No.5 Basins Wurdee Boluc Boga Cairn Curran Catani Guthridge Mokoan Mulwala Nagambie Narracan William Hovell

Other water sources / facilities	Altona Treatment Plant Eastern Treatment Plant Western Treatment Plant Victorian Desalination Plant

Water companies and government agencies	Barwon Water Central Highlands Water City West Water Coliban Water Goulburn–Murray Water Melbourne Water South East Water (Australia) Southern Regional Water Yarra Valley Water Catchment Management Authority (Victoria) Corangamite CMA East Gippsland CMA Glenelg Hopkins CMA Mallee CMA Port Phillip and Westernport CMA West Gippsland CMA

Historical	William Davidson William Thwaites Bittern Devilbend Terang

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