The Anglesea borefield is one of a number of water sources that can supplement the existing Greater Geelong water supply system. Our diverse water supply mix is part of a balanced approach to managing the region’s water resources and providing greater water security.

Our access to groundwater from the Anglesea borefield is governed by a bulk entitlement, issued by the Victorian Government. Under the terms of the bulk entitlement, we are licensed to extract a maximum of 40 million litres per day, 10,000 million litres in any year, and 35,000 million litres in any 5-year period.

The Anglesea borefield operates in conjunction with an extensive environmental monitoring program, which includes community oversight of the monitoring through the Anglesea River Working Group.

Groundwater pumping test 2022

Barwon Water undertook a groundwater pumping test at its Anglesea borefield from 27 January to 27 July 2022, to inform a review of its bulk entitlement and Monitoring and Assessment Program.

Thank you to everyone who came along to the community information sessions in January and April, or reached out to our project team to ask a question or share feedback. If you were unable to attend and would like more information, please view the information posters in the Document Library.

Read more below via the Latest News.

Extraction rates

Monthly totals


MonthMonthly volume extracted (ML)Total volume extracted - year FYTD (ML)Yearly limit*** (ML)
January 202228.7334.9110,000
February 2022175.29210.2010,000
March 2022245.19455.3910,000
April 2022349.21804.6010,000
May 2022141.80946.4010,000
June 2022459.401405.80
10,000
July 2022387.97387.9710,000
August 20220.07388.0410,000
September 20220.21388.2510,000
October 20220.09388.3410,000
November 20220.00388.3410,000
December 20220.00388.3410,000
January 20230.10388.4410,000
February 20230.50388.9410,000


Cumulative total since borefield turned on in 2019 (ML)

3985.54

Daily totals

DateDaily volume extracted (ML)Daily Limit** (ML)Total volume extracted – financial year to date (ML)Yearly limit*** (ML)
1/03/20230.0040.0388.4410,000
2/03/20230.0040.0388.4410,000
3/03/20230.0040.0388.4410,000
4/03/20230.0040.0388.4410,000
5/03/20230.0040.0388.4410,000
6/03/20230.0040.0388.4410,000
7/03/20230.0040.0388.4410,000
8/03/20230.0040.0388.4410,000
9/03/20230.0040.0388.4410,000
10/03/20230.0040.0388.4410,000
11/03/20230.0040.0388.4410,000
12/03/20230.0040.0388.4410,000
13/03/20230.0040.0388.4410,000
14/03/20230.0040.0388.4410,000
15/03/20230.0040.0388.4410,000
16/03/20230.0040.0388.4410,000
17/03/20230.0040.0388.4410,000
18/03/20230.0040.0388.4410,000
19/03/20230.0040.0388.4410,000
20/03/20230.0040.0388.4410,000
21/03/20230.0040.0388.4410,000
22/03/20230.0040.0388.4410,000
23/03/20230.0040.0388.4410,000
24/03/20230.0040.0388.4410,000
25/03/20230.0040.0388.4410,000
26/03/20230.0040.0388.4410,000
27/03/20230.0040.0388.4410,000

(Table updated weekly - last updated 28/03/2023)


*Between 17 August and 31 October 2019, a total of 15.8 ML of groundwater was extracted as part of the re-commissioning process of the Anglesea borefield.

**The Bulk Entitlement restricts the volume that can be extracted in any given day to a maximum of 40ML.

***The Bulk Entitlement also restricts the total volume that can be extracted in any given year to an annual limit of 10,000ML. It also restricts the total volume that can be extracted over a five year period to 35,000ML.

Groundwater level monitoring and trigger update

During operation, we report monthly on the status against the threshold level for the two key bores. Below are links to the most recent monthly status reports:

For previous reports, please visit the Document Library on the right of this page.

You can read more about the groundwater level monitoring and triggers in the Latest News below.

More information

You can read more about the role the borefield plays in our region’s water security, and how it will be managed to highest environmental standards, in the Document Library section of this page.

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