We aim to make our information and documents easily accessible to members of the public.
If you are not able to find the document or information you are trying to locate, you can search our website or contact us.
Statement 1 – organisation and functions
City West Water is one of three metropolitan Melbourne's water businesses owned by the Victorian Government.
We provide drinking water, sewerage, trade waste and recycled water services to customers in Melbourne’s central business district, inner and western suburbs.
Our service area includes, Brimbank, Hobsons Bay, Maribyrnong, Melbourne (north of the Yarra River), Moonee Valley, Wyndham, Yarra and parts of Melton and Hume.
Our Customers First strategy has been guided by what our customers want and value. It commits us to delivering services that are safe, affordable and reliable whilst being accessible and easy to deal with.
Each year we supply around 93 billion litres of drinking water to our customers and transfer approximately 94 per cent of the sewage and trade waste we collect to Melbourne Water’s Western Treatment Plant in Werribee. The remaining six per cent is treated at our Altona Treatment Plant.
In addition to our core business, we have many programs and policies in place like our Community and Social Involvement Strategy, Environmental Sustainability Plan, Cleaner Production Strategy and residential water conservation activities, to help us achieve our vision to be a truly sustainable water business.
Information on these programs and more can be found throughout this website and in Our Environment and Community sections.
Our structure
Our business is managed by an Executive Leadership Team, which consists of the Managing Director, four General Managers, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Information Officer.
The Executive Leadership Team oversees policy implementations, the day-to-day management of our people, and the delivery of services to our customers. Learn more about our Executive Leadership Team.
Our Board of Directors are appointed by our shareholder, the Victorian State Government. Directors provide the Board with a broad range of skills to the business, including management, engineering, financial, legal and environmental expertise. Learn more about our Board of directors.
Statement 2 – categories of documents maintained by City West Water
City West Water develops and maintains a wide range of documents.
The types of documents include:
- policies, plans, procedures and guidelines
- briefings and reports
- registers and databases
- correspondence
- applications
- permits, agreements and licenses
- financial records
- audio visual material
Search the City West Water website for more information on these categories.
Statement 3 - Publications
This is material that City West Water has published or that is available for inspection. It includes our Annual Report, Drinking Water Quality Report and Reconciliation Action Plan.
Our Annual Reports provide an overview of our operational performance, audited financial reports and key achievements of the year.
Statement 4 – Subscription Services
There are currently no City West Water subscription services.
Statement 5 – How to make a Freedom of Information request
What is Freedom of Information (FOI)?
City West Water is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act).
The FOI Act allows for people to gain access to information and documents maintained and held by City West Water. The FOI Act gives people the right to request documents relating to their personal affairs, as well as information about any of the activities being conducted as part of City West Water.
A Freedom of Information (FOI) request needs to be made in writing to the agency that holds the documents being requested.
How do I make a request under FOI?
Before submitting a FOI request online you are encouraged to contact us as the information may already be publically available without having to make an FOI request.
If you still wish to make a request, click on the link to make an FOI request and pay the requisite application fee.
