Season allocation and dates
The 2025/26 rural season allocation is 75%
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View fees and charges for your rural water services.
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We aim to maintain fair access to water resources and to impose penalties for illegal take and use of water.
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We're developing a detailed Business Case for rural modernisation within the Coliban Rural Channel system.
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Find out what you can look forward when you visit our beautiful reservoirs. You can also see data about storage levels and recordings of rainfalls into them and more.
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See where our channels, pipelines and storages are located.
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Information about trading within the Coliban Water Rural System
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Planned water main shutdown- Bendigo
- Bendigo
Our crews will be completing water mains renewals in Baxter Street, Bendigo on Tuesday 11 November from 10am to 3pm.
Blue-green algae - Upper Coliban Reservoir
- Upper Coliban Reservoir
Low levels of Blue green algae has been detected at Upper Coliban Reservoir.
Water Carting - Lockington
- Lockington
We are currently carting water to the Lockington Water Treatment Plant.
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