Latest news - September 2022

Ongoing rainfall in the West Barwon catchment combined with a wet winter has led to ongoing high levels at the West Barwon Reservoir.

In mid to late September, the reservoir started spilling again, the third time for 2022. Reservoirs are designed to spill when full, with water passing into natural waterways and supplementing flows, helping to support the ecological health of waterways.

Given the high winter rainfall and high storage levels and likelihood of wet weather over spring, it is anticipated that further spill events will occur at the West Barwon Reservoir for the rest of 2022.

Barwon Water will continue to monitor the reservoir levels and weather closely, and work with local agencies to share information and plan for any possible impacts with this current forecasted spilling and any future spill events for the rest of the year.

Under Barwon Water’s bulk entitlement to use water from the Upper Barwon catchment for drinking supplies, transfers from the West Barwon Reservoir to the Wurdee Boluc Reservoir will be carefully managed depending on rainfall, flows in the East Barwon River and the capacity of the Wurdee Boluc Reservoir.

Visitors are welcome at West Barwon Reservoir, Barwon Water encourages all visitors to take care and observe all safety advice and signage. This includes sticking to designated walking paths and tracks, observing permitted reservoir recreation activities including bird watching, fishing from the bank, bike riding and bushwalking. Swimming or any on water activities are not permitted at the reservoir.