Current water snapshot

The status of the state’s water resources across various categories, including storage levels, rainfall and seasonal outlooks.

Water storage levels

As at 29 July 2025, total combined storage levels for major Melbourne, regional and statewide storage networks were as follows:

• Melbourne: 72% full (17% lower than the previous year).
• Regional: 56% full (28% lower than the previous year).
• Statewide: 59% full (26% lower than the previous year).

• Melbourne Water storage levels

* Victoria has a 50% share of inflows to Dartmouth and in Hume

• Goulburn-Murray Water storage levels
• Grampians Wimmera Mallee Water storage levels

* Werribee Basin storage value is the combined volume of the Melton, Merrimu and Pykes reservoirs

• Barwon Water storage levels
• Central Highlands Water storage levels
• Coliban Water storage levels
• Gippsland Water storage levels
• South Gippsland Water storage levels
• Westernport Water storage levels

Download the monthly dataset

Updated 17 July 2024. The next update is in mid-August 2025.

Regional, Melbourne and all Victoria monthly storage levels

Bureau of Meteorology rainfall maps

On the Bureau of Meteorology websites, view

• map of rainfall received in the past 7 days
• map of total rainfall received month to date

• The Bureau of Meteorology’s outlook shows an above average chance (>70%) of exceeding the median rainfall for August to October across the north-west. The likelihood is also above-average (55-70%) for the rest of northern Victoria and most of southern Victoria, and close to average (45-55%) across most of south-west and central Victoria.
• Maximum daily temperatures for August to October are very likely to exceed the median (>80% chance) across most of southern Victoria and the Hume, with lower likelihoods (60-80%) north towards the Mallee and east towards East Gippsland.
• Updated on 31 July 2025. The next update is expected on 7 August 2025.

• The Bureau's model forecasts neutral El Niño–Southern Oscillation (neither El Niño nor La Niña) until at least December.
• The model predicts a neutral state of the IOD until at least August, after which it forecasts a brief shift towards a negative IOD before returning to neutral values.
• The Southern Annular Mode (SAM) is neutral as of 25 July. Models suggest the SAM is likely to remain in a neutral phase this fortnight.
• Sea surface temperatures (SSTs) during June 2025 were above average, leading to the second-warmest June on record. Global SSTs remain substantially above average.
• Updated on 29 July 2025. The next update is expected on 12 August 2025.

Current urban restrictions

On 1 July 2025, Barwon Water eased Stage 3 restrictions for the Apollo Bay system to Stage 2. Barwon Water have announced Stage 2 restrictions will be removed on 1 August 2025, returning the Apollo Bay system to Permanent Water Saving Rules.

On 1 July 2025, Central Highlands Water announced Stage 2 restrictions for the Hepburn region, including Daylesford, Hepburn and Hepburn Springs to protect local storages.

On 28 May 2025, Goulburn Valley Water implemented Stage 2 restrictions for Euroa and Violet Town.

Urban water corporations publish water restrictions on their websites.

Find your urban water corporation.

Monthly urban restrictions - 2010 to 2025

The graph and data below are updated at the end of each month.

Updated 4 July 2025. The next update is in early August 2025.

Graph of total number of towns on urban restrictions from January 2010 to June 2025

Stream restrictions

End-of-month stream restrictions - 2010 to 2025

As at 28 July 2025, there were 44 stream sections with restrictions or bans on licensed diversions across Victoria - 34 fewer than at the end of June 2025*. These are shown in red and purple in the map below.

Map of streams restricted as at 28 July 2025**

*  This count includes management sections subject to diversion restrictions (the term used for partial limitation on take) as well as complete bans on take.

** This map is for indicative purposes only and licence holders should refer to their respective water corporation regarding stream restrictions. This map does not display all stream restrictions.

The graph and data below are as at the end of each month.

Updated 31 July 2025. The next update is late August 2025.

Graph of total number of stream sections restricted from January 2010 to July 2025

Groundwater summary

Quarterly groundwater level trend update

1 January to 31 March 2025 quarter.

Groundwater level trends in groundwater management units (GMUs) are reported quarterly. Groundwater level trends for GMUs have been determined based on 5 years (short-term) or 10 years (long-term) of consistent monitoring data from key bores in the State Observation Bore Network (SOBN).

There are 2 categories of GMUs:

• Groundwater management areas (GMAs).
• Water supply protection areas (WSPAs).

Updated 15 May 2025. The next update is August 2025 (for the April to June 2025 quarter).

Short and long term groundwater level trend maps

Groundwater restrictions

In 2025-26, 3 GMUs are subject to allocation restrictions:

• Barnadown (Lower Campaspe Valley WSPA) at 75%.
• Deutgam WSPA at 50%.
• Neuarpur subzone 1 (West Wimmera GMA) at 80%.

Updated 17 July 2025.

Seasonal determinations and allocations

Seasonal determinations are made against water shares to provide allocations in declared systems. These can be for high reliability (HRWS) or low reliability (LRWS) water shares. In northern Victoria, Goulburn-Murray Water makes the seasonal determinations in the relevant systems, while Southern Rural Water makes the seasonal determinations in the Thomson/Macalister and Bacchus Marsh/Werribee systems.

In the Grampians Wimmera Mallee Water area, resource assessments are undertaken every month to determine the amount of water that can be made available to entitlement holders. These monthly assessments result in a formal announcement on water allocations.

Coliban Water assesses seasonal allocations for customers on its rural network based on available resources in the Coliban System.

Goulburn-Murray Water

Southern Rural Water

Grampians Wimmera Mallee Water

Coliban Water

Page last updated: 31/07/25