Current water snapshot

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

Water storage levels

• 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

Monthly storage levels

As at the end of April 2025, total combined storage levels for regional, Melbourne and statewide storage networks were as follows:

• Regional: 54% full (3% lower than the previous month).
• Melbourne: 76% full (2% lower than the previous month).
• Statewide: 57% full (3% lower than the previous month).

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Updated 15 May 2024. The next update is in mid-June 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

• There is a moderate chance (40-55%) of exceeding the median rainfall for June to August across most of Victoria. The chance is lower (35-40%) around the Alpine Region and in the north-east.
• Maximum daily temperatures from June to August are very likely to exceed the median (80% chance) across Victoria.
• The chance of both unusually high maximum and unusually high minimum temperatures exceeds 70%.
• Updated on 8 May 2025. The next update is expected on 13 May 2025.

• The Bureau's model forecasts neutral El Niño–Southern Oscillation (neither El Niño nor La Niña) until at least September. This is consistent with forecasts from a range of international models.
• The Bureau's model also predicts a neutral Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) until at least August. This is consistent with a range of international models that are also predicting neutral IOD for at least the next 2 months.
• The Southern Annular Mode (SAM) is neutral as of 3 May. Forecasts show the SAM will likely become positive within the next fortnight. A positive SAM typically has little impact on Australia at this time of year.
• Skill for Autumn forecasts tends to be low in forecasting a month ahead (IOD) or beyond winter (ENSO).
• Updated on 6 May 2025. The next update is expected on 20 May 2025.

Current urban restrictions

Barwon Water announced that it would implement stage 3 restrictions in the Apollo Bay system on 10 May 2025 to protect declining storages. The last time urban restrictions were in place was in June 2020, when 20 towns were on stage 1 restrictions.

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 1 May 2025. The next update is in early June 2025.

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

Stream restrictions

End-of-month stream restrictions - 2010 to 2025

As at 21 April 2025, there were 121 stream sections with restrictions or bans on licensed diversions across Victoria - 1 fewer than at the end of March 2025*. These are shown in red and purple in the map below.

Map of streams restricted as at 21 April 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 21 April 2025. The next update is late May 2025.

Graph of total number of stream sections restricted from January 2010 to April 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 2024-25, 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 4 July 2024. The next update is 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: 15/05/25