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Melbourne Tap Water Checker
Check Melbourne tap water quality by suburb or postcode. Explore sourced chlorine, fluoride, hardness and other report readings, with clear explanations and links to the original water authority reports.
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Built using publicly available information from Melbourne's water authorities and government sources.
Report readings: 2024–25. Dataset compiled 24 August 2026. These are historical supply-area results, not a current test of your tap.
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sourced quality readings
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Suburb water quality lookup
Melbourne tap water, explained by suburb and supply area
Melbourne's drinking water is monitored through water sampling areas and retail water suppliers. This checker turns public reports into a plain-English suburb profile, then separates official network data from what may be happening at your own tap.
Search by suburb or postcode to see the mapped supplier, sampling area, sourced readings, historical notice context where available, and the filtration pathway that may make sense for everyday taste, odour, sediment or more specific concerns.
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- Whether Melbourne tap water is safe to drink in their area.
- Why water tastes or smells like chlorine.
- Whether their suburb has hard or soft water.
- What a water-quality report does and does not show.
- Which filter path fits the concern without overbuying.
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Methodology
How this Melbourne water profile is built
We translate publicly available authority reports into plain-English suburb profiles, while keeping the limits of the data visible.
What sources are used?
Annual drinking-water quality reports from Yarra Valley Water, South East Water, Greater Western Water, Victorian Department of Health reports, and official provider notices where available.
What does “verified” mean?
A value is shown only where it can be traced to an official source. If a suburb has no verified figure for a parameter, the tool leaves that value out rather than guessing.
What does the tool not know?
Authority data usually describes the supply zone or network. It does not inspect the private pipes, tapware, filter cartridges or fixtures inside a particular property.
How often should this be checked?
The latest formal annual reports are used as a baseline, then provider notices and current-result pages should be checked as they become available.
This tool summarises publicly available water-quality information and historical records for general information only. It is not a real-time alert service, health advice, or a laboratory test of your individual tap. Results may represent broader supply zones and reporting can change. For current public-health advice, active advisories, outages or urgent concerns, contact your water provider and Victorian health authorities.
Melbourne water quality reports and reporting dates
This checker uses imported 2024–25 drinking water reports. Open the original retailer report for the full results, sampling methods and reporting context. Check the retailer website for newer reports and active notices.
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Water quality in selected Melbourne supply areas
These examples are taken from the existing checker dataset. A sampling area may cover several suburbs. Values below retain the reported unit and statistic; they are not measurements from individual homes.
Richmond 3121 — Richmond supply locality
Greater Western Water · Department of Health water-suppliers table lists Richmond under the Richmond sampling area.
| Reading | Reported result | Reporting period | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine | 0.60 mg/L average free chlorine | 2024/25 | Sampling area |
| Fluoride | 0.77 mg/L average | 2024/25 | Sampling area |
| Water hardness | 17 mg/L as CaCO3 average | 2024/25 | Sampling area |
| pH | 7.4 pH units average | 2024/25 | Sampling area |
| Turbidity | 1.0 NTU 95th percentile | 2024/25 | Sampling area |
| E. coli (bacteria) | 100 % compliant | 2024/25 | Sampling area |
Brunswick 3056 — Northcote supply zone
Yarra Valley Water · Department of Health water-suppliers table lists Brunswick under the Northcote sampling area.
| Reading | Reported result | Reporting period | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine | 0.50 mg/L average | 2024/25 | Sampling area |
| Fluoride | 0.75 mg/L average | 2024/25 | Sampling area |
| Water hardness | 24 mg/L average | 2024/25 | Sampling area |
| pH | 7.3 average | 2024/25 | Sampling area |
| Turbidity | 1.64 NTU (95th percentile) | 2024/25 | Sampling area |
| E. coli (bacteria) | 100 % compliant | 2024/25 | Sampling area |
Footscray 3011 — Maribyrnong supply locality
Greater Western Water · Department of Health water-suppliers table lists Footscray under the Maribynong sampling area.
| Reading | Reported result | Reporting period | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine | 0.51 mg/L average free chlorine | 2024/25 | Sampling area |
| Fluoride | 0.85 mg/L average | 2024/25 | Sampling area |
| Water hardness | 24 mg/L as CaCO3 average | 2024/25 | Sampling area |
| pH | 7.5 pH units average | 2024/25 | Sampling area |
| Turbidity | 0.5 NTU 95th percentile | 2024/25 | Sampling area |
| E. coli (bacteria) | 100 % compliant | 2024/25 | Sampling area |
Dandenong 3175 — Dandenong supply zone
South East Water · Department of Health water-suppliers table lists Dandenong under the Dandenong sampling area.
| Reading | Reported result | Reporting period | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine | 0.67 mg/L average | 2024/25 | Sampling area |
| Fluoride | 0.82 mg/L average | 2024/25 | Sampling area |
| Water hardness | 18.00 mg/L average | 2024/25 | Retailer-wide context; not a local suburb reading |
| pH | 7.3 average | 2024/25 | Sampling area |
| Turbidity | 0.9 NTU (95th percentile) | 2024/25 | Sampling area |
| E. coli (bacteria) | 100 % compliant | 2024/25 | Sampling area |
Werribee 3030 — Werribee supply locality
Greater Western Water · Department of Health water-suppliers table lists Werribee under the Werribee sampling area.
| Reading | Reported result | Reporting period | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine | 0.56 mg/L average free chlorine | 2024/25 | Sampling area |
| Fluoride | 0.83 mg/L average | 2024/25 | Sampling area |
| Water hardness | 25 mg/L as CaCO3 average | 2024/25 | Sampling area |
| pH | 7.6 pH units average | 2024/25 | Sampling area |
| Turbidity | 0.4 NTU 95th percentile | 2024/25 | Sampling area |
| E. coli (bacteria) | 100 % compliant | 2024/25 | Sampling area |
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Yarra Valley Water (178)
- Alphington 3078Northcote supply zone
- Ashburton 3147Malvern supply zone
- Ashwood 3147Malvern supply zone
- Attwood 3049Somerton supply zone
- Avonsleigh 3782Emerald supply zone
- Badger Creek 3777Healesville supply zone
- Balwyn 3103Mitcham supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Balwyn North 3104Kew supply zone
- Bayswater North 3153Croydon supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Bellfield 3081Ivanhoe supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Beveridge 3753Somerton supply zone
- Blackburn 3130Mitcham supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Blackburn North 3130Doncaster supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Blackburn South 3130Mitcham supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Box Hill 3128Mitcham supply zone
- Box Hill North 3129Mitcham supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Box Hill South 3128Mitcham supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Briar Hill 3088Plenty supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Broadmeadows 3047Glenroy supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Brunswick 3056Northcote supply zone
- Brunswick East 3057Northcote supply zone
- Brunswick West 3055Northcote supply zone
- Bulleen 3105Kew supply zone
- Bundoora 3083Bundoora supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Burwood 3125Mitcham supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Burwood East 3151Mitcham supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Camberwell 3124Kew supply zone
- Campbellfield 3061Glenroy supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Canterbury 3126Kew supply zone
- Caulfield East 3145Malvern supply zone
- Chadstone 3148Malvern supply zone
- Chirnside Park 3116Lilydale supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Chum Creek 3777Healesville supply zone
- Clayton 3168Glen Waverley supply zone
- Coburg 3058Preston supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Coburg North 3058Glenroy supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Cockatoo 3781Emerald supply zone
- Coldstream 3770Lilydale supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Coolaroo 3048Somerton supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Craigieburn 3064Somerton supply zone
- Croydon 3136Warranwood supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Croydon Hills 3136Warranwood supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Croydon North 3136Warranwood supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Croydon South 3136Croydon supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Dallas 3047Somerton supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Deepdene 3103Kew supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Diamond Creek 3089Plenty supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Don Valley 3139Woori Yallock supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Doncaster 3108Doncaster supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Doncaster East 3109Doncaster supply zone
- Donnybrook 3064Craigieburn supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Donvale 3111Warranwood supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Doreen 3754Yarrambat supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Eaglemont 3084Ivanhoe supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- East Warburton 3799Lyrebird Avenue supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Eltham 3095Lower Plenty supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Eltham North 3095Plenty supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Emerald 3782Emerald supply zone
- Epping 3076Epping supply zone
- Fairfield 3078Northcote supply zone
- Fawkner 3060Glenroy supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Ferny Creek 3786Ridge/Monbulk supply zone
- Forest Hill 3131Croydon supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Gembrook 3783Emerald supply zone
- Gladstone Park 3043Glenroy supply zone
- Glen Iris 3146Kew supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Glen Waverley 3150Glen Waverley supply zone
- Glenroy 3046Glenroy supply zone
- Gowanbrae 3043Glenroy supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Greensborough 3088Bundoora supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Greenvale 3059Somerton supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Hadfield 3046Glenroy supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Hawthorn 3122Kew supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Hawthorn East 3123Kew supply zone
- Healesville 3777Healesville supply zone
- Heathmont 3135Croydon supply zone
- Heidelberg 3084Ivanhoe supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Heidelberg Heights 3081Preston supply zone
- Heidelberg West 3081Preston supply zone
- Hurstbridge 3099Yarrambat supply zone
- Ivanhoe 3079Ivanhoe supply zone
- Ivanhoe East 3079Ivanhoe supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Jacana 3047Glenroy supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Kalkallo 3064Craigieburn supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Kallista 3791Emerald supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Kalorama 3766Ridge/Monbulk supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Kangaroo Ground 3097Kangaroo Ground supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Kew 3101Kew supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Kew East 3102Kew supply zone
- Kilsyth 3137Croydon supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Kilsyth South 3137Montrose supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Kingsbury 3083Ivanhoe supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Kooyong 3144Malvern supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Lalor 3075Bundoora supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Launching Place 3139Woori Yallock supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Lilydale 3140Lilydale supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Lower Plenty 3093Lower Plenty supply zone
- Macclesfield 3782Emerald supply zone
- Macleod 3085Bundoora supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Malvern 3144Malvern supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Malvern East 3145Malvern supply zone
- Meadow Heights 3048Glenroy supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Menzies Creek 3159Emerald supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Mernda 3754Epping supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Mickleham 3064Somerton supply zone
- Mill Park 3082Bundoora supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Millgrove 3799Warburton supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Mitcham 3132Croydon supply zone
- Monbulk 3793Ridge/Monbulk supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Mont Albert 3127Mitcham supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Mont Albert North 3129Mitcham supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Montmorency 3094Lower Plenty supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Montrose 3765Montrose supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Mooroolbark 3138Lilydale supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Mount Dandenong 3767Ridge/Monbulk supply zone
- Mount Evelyn 3796Ridge/Monbulk supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Mount Waverley 3149Mitcham supply zone
- Mulgrave 3170Glen Waverley supply zone
- North Warrandyte 3113Warranwood supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Northcote 3070Northcote supply zone
- Notting Hill 3168Glen Waverley supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Nunawading 3131Doncaster supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Oak Park 3046Glenroy supply zone
- Oakleigh 3166Glen Waverley supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Oakleigh East 3166Glen Waverley supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Olinda 3788Ridge/Monbulk supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Panton Hill 3759Yarrambat supply zone
- Park Orchards 3114Warranwood supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Pascoe Vale 3044Glenroy supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Pascoe Vale South 3044Preston supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Plenty 3090Plenty supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Preston 3072Preston supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Research 3095Eltham supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Reservoir 3073Bundoora supply zone
- Ringwood 3134Warranwood supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Ringwood East 3135Croydon supply zone
- Ringwood North 3134Warranwood supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Rosanna 3084Bundoora supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Roxburgh Park 3064Somerton supply zone
- Sassafras 3787Ridge/Monbulk supply zone
- Seville 3139Seville supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Seville East 3139Seville supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Silvan 3795Seville supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Somerton 3062Somerton supply zone
- South Morang 3752Epping supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- St Helena 3088Plenty supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Surrey Hills 3127Mitcham supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Templestowe 3106Doncaster supply zone
- Templestowe Lower 3107Doncaster supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- The Patch 3792Ridge/Monbulk supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Thomastown 3074Bundoora supply zone
- Thornbury 3071Preston supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Tremont 3785Ridge/Monbulk supply zone
- Tullamarine 3043Glenroy supply zone
- Vermont 3133Croydon supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Vermont South 3133Croydon supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Viewbank 3084Bundoora supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Wallan 3756Wallan supply zone
- Wandin North 3139Seville supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Warburton 3799Warburton supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Warrandyte 3113Warranwood supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Warrandyte South 3134Mitcham supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Warranwood 3134Warranwood supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Watsonia 3087Bundoora supply zone
- Watsonia North 3087Bundoora supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Wattle Glen 3096Eltham supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Wesburn 3799Yarra Junction supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Westmeadows 3049Glenroy supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Wheelers Hill 3150Glen Waverley supply zone
- Whittlesea 3757Whittlesea supply zone
- Wollert 3750Whittlesea supply zone
- Wonga Park 3115Warranwood supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Woori Yallock 3139Woori Yallock supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Yallambie 3085Bundoora supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Yarra Glen 3775Yarra Glen supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Yarra Junction 3797Yarra Junction supply zone
- Yarrambat 3091Yarrambat supply zone
- Yellingbo 3139Woori Yallock supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
South East Water (158)
- Albert Park 3206South Melbourne supply zone
- Armadale 3143Caulfield supply zone
- Aspendale 3195Chelsea supply zone
- Aspendale Gardens 3195Chelsea supply zone
- Balaclava 3183South Melbourne supply zone
- Balnarring 3926Balnarring supply zone
- Bangholme 3175Dandenong supply zone
- Baxter 3911Frankston supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Bayswater 3153Bayswater supply zone
- Beaconsfield 3807Berwick supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Beaumaris 3193Beaumaris supply zone
- Belgrave 3160Belgrave supply zone
- Belgrave Heights 3160Belgrave supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Belgrave South 3160Belgrave supply zone
- Bentleigh 3204Brighton–Heatherton supply zone
- Bentleigh East 3165Brighton–Heatherton supply zone
- Berwick 3806Berwick supply zone
- Bittern 3918Balnarring supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Black Rock 3193Beaumaris supply zone
- Blairgowrie 3942Rye supply zone
- Blind Bight 3980Devon Meadows supply zone
- Bonbeach 3196Chelsea supply zone
- Boronia 3155Bayswater supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Botanic Ridge 3977Clyde North supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Braeside 3195Mordialloc supply zone
- Brighton 3186Brighton–Heatherton supply zone
- Brighton East 3187Brighton–Heatherton supply zone
- Bunyip 3815Bunyip supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Cannons Creek 3977Devon Meadows supply zone
- Cape Schanck 3939Rye supply zone
- Capel Sound 3940Rye supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Carnegie 3163Caulfield supply zone
- Carrum 3197Chelsea supply zone
- Carrum Downs 3201Carrum Downs supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Caulfield 3162Caulfield supply zone
- Caulfield North 3161Caulfield supply zone
- Caulfield South 3162Brighton–Heatherton supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Chelsea 3196Chelsea supply zone
- Chelsea Heights 3196Chelsea supply zone
- Cheltenham 3192Beaumaris supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Clarinda 3169Brighton–Heatherton supply zone
- Clayton South 3169Brighton–Heatherton supply zone
- Clyde 3978Devon Meadows supply zone
- Clyde North 3978Clyde North supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Cranbourne 3977Cranbourne supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Cranbourne East 3977Cranbourne supply zone
- Cranbourne North 3977Cranbourne supply zone
- Cranbourne South 3977Cranbourne supply zone
- Cranbourne West 3977Cranbourne supply zone
- Crib Point 3919Bittern supply zone
- Dandenong 3175Dandenong supply zone
- Dandenong North 3175Dandenong North supply zone
- Dandenong South 3175Dandenong supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Dingley Village 3172Dandenong supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Doveton 3177Dandenong supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Dromana 3936Dromana supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Edithvale 3196Chelsea supply zone
- Elsternwick 3185Caulfield supply zone
- Elwood 3184Caulfield supply zone
- Endeavour Hills 3802Hallam supply zone
- Eumemmerring 3177Hallam supply zone
- Ferntree Gully 3156Bayswater supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Fingal 3939Rye supply zone
- Flinders 3929Shoreham supply zone
- Frankston 3199Frankston supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Frankston North 3200Frankston supply zone
- Frankston South 3199Frankston South supply zone
- Gardenvale 3185Brighton–Heatherton supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Garfield 3814Garfield supply zone
- Garfield North 3814Garfield supply zone
- Glen Huntly 3163Brighton–Heatherton supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Hallam 3803Hallam supply zone
- Hampton 3188Brighton–Heatherton supply zone
- Hampton East 3188Brighton–Heatherton supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Hampton Park 3976Hallam supply zone
- Hastings 3915Hastings supply zone
- Heatherton 3202Brighton–Heatherton supply zone
- Highett 3190Brighton–Heatherton supply zone
- Hughesdale 3166Caulfield supply zone
- Huntingdale 3166Caulfield supply zone
- Keysborough 3173Dandenong supply zone
- Knoxfield 3180Bayswater supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Koo Wee Rup 3981Cora Lynn supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Lang Lang 3984Lang Lang supply zone
- Langwarrin 3910Frankston supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Longwarry 3816Bunyip supply zone
- Lynbrook 3975Hallam supply zone
- Lyndhurst 3975Hallam supply zone
- Lysterfield 3156Rowville supply zone
- McCrae 3938Dromana supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- McKinnon 3204Brighton–Heatherton supply zone
- Mentone 3194Brighton–Heatherton supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Merricks 3916Balnarring supply zone
- Merricks Beach 3926Balnarring supply zone
- Middle Park 3206South Melbourne supply zone
- Moorabbin 3189Brighton–Heatherton supply zone
- Moorooduc 3933Moorooduc supply zone
- Mordialloc 3195Mordialloc supply zone
- Mornington 3931Mornington supply zone
- Mount Eliza 3930Frankston South supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Mount Martha 3934Dromana supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Murrumbeena 3163Caulfield supply zone
- Nar Nar Goon 3812Berwick supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Narre Warren 3805Berwick supply zone
- Narre Warren North 3804Berwick supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Narre Warren South 3805Berwick supply zone
- Noble Park 3174Dandenong supply zone
- Noble Park North 3174Dandenong North supply zone
- Oakleigh South 3167Brighton–Heatherton supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Officer 3809Berwick supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Officer South 3809Clyde North supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Ormond 3204Brighton–Heatherton supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Pakenham 3810Berwick supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Parkdale 3195Mordialloc supply zone
- Patterson Lakes 3197Chelsea supply zone
- Pearcedale 3912Cranbourne supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Point Leo 3916Shoreham supply zone
- Port Melbourne 3207South Melbourne supply zone
- Portsea 3944Rye supply zone
- Prahran 3181Caulfield supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Ripponlea 3185Caulfield supply zone
- Rosebud 3939Rye supply zone
- Rowville 3178Rowville supply zone
- Rye 3941Rye supply zone
- Safety Beach 3936Dromana supply zone
- Sandringham 3191Brighton–Heatherton supply zone
- Scoresby 3179Wantirna supply zone
- Seaford 3198Frankston supply zone
- Selby 3159Belgrave supply zone
- Shoreham 3916Shoreham supply zone
- Skye 3977Carrum Downs supply zone
- Somers 3927Balnarring supply zone
- Somerville 3912Somerville supply zone
- Sorrento 3943Rye supply zone
- South Melbourne 3205South Melbourne supply zone
- South Yarra 3141Caulfield supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Southbank 3006South Melbourne supply zone
- Springvale 3171Caulfield supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Springvale South 3172Dandenong supply zone
- St Andrews Beach 3941Rye supply zone
- St Kilda 3182Caulfield supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- St Kilda East 3183Caulfield supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- St Kilda West 3182South Melbourne supply zone
- Tecoma 3160Belgrave supply zone
- The Basin 3154Bayswater supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Tooradin 3980Cora Lynn supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Toorak 3142Caulfield supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Tootgarook 3941Rye supply zone
- Tuerong 3915Moorooduc supply zone
- Tyabb 3913Somerville supply zone
- Tynong 3813Tynong supply zone
- Upper Ferntree Gully 3156Bayswater supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Upwey 3158Belgrave supply zone
- Wantirna 3152Bayswater supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Wantirna South 3152Bayswater supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Warneet 3980Devon Meadows supply zone
- Waterways 3195Mordialloc supply zone
- Windsor 3181Caulfield supply zoneMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
Greater Western Water (93)
- Abbotsford 3067Parkville supply locality
- Aberfeldie 3040Moonee Ponds supply locality
- Airport West 3042Greater Western Water supply areaMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Albanvale 3021Caroline Springs supply locality
- Albion 3020Greater Western Water supply areaMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Altona 3018Altona supply localityMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Altona Meadows 3028Altona supply locality
- Altona North 3025Altona supply localityMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Ardeer 3022Deer Park supply localityMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Ascot Vale 3032Moonee Ponds supply locality
- Avondale Heights 3034East Keilor supply localityMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Braybrook 3019Maribyrnong supply locality
- Brooklyn 3012Maribyrnong supply locality
- Bulla 3428Bulla supply locality
- Burnley 3121Richmond supply locality
- Cairnlea 3023Deer Park supply locality
- Carlton 3053Parkville supply locality
- Carlton North 3054Parkville supply locality
- Caroline Springs 3023Caroline Springs supply locality
- Clarkefield 3430Sunbury supply locality
- Clifton Hill 3068Parkville supply locality
- Collingwood 3066Parkville supply locality
- Cremorne 3121Greater Western Water supply areaMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Deer Park 3023Deer Park supply locality
- Delahey 3037Caroline Springs supply localityMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Derrimut 3026Deer Park supply locality
- Diggers Rest 3427Diggers Rest supply locality
- Docklands 3008Greater Western Water supply areaMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- East Melbourne 3002Parkville supply locality
- Essendon 3040East Keilor supply localityMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Essendon North 3041East Keilor supply localityMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Essendon West 3040East Keilor supply localityMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Fitzroy 3065Parkville supply locality
- Fitzroy North 3068Parkville supply locality
- Flemington 3031Moonee Ponds supply locality
- Footscray 3011Maribyrnong supply locality
- Hoppers Crossing 3029Werribee supply locality
- Kealba 3021Caroline Springs supply locality
- Keilor 3036Greater Western Water supply areaMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Keilor Downs 3038Caroline Springs supply locality
- Keilor East 3033East Keilor supply locality
- Keilor Lodge 3038Greater Western Water supply areaMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Keilor Park 3042East Keilor supply locality
- Kensington 3031Moonee Ponds supply locality
- Kings Park 3021Caroline Springs supply locality
- Kingsville 3012Maribyrnong supply locality
- Laverton 3028Altona supply locality
- Maidstone 3012Maribyrnong supply locality
- Maribyrnong 3032Maribyrnong supply locality
- Melbourne 3000Parkville supply locality
- Melbourne 3004Parkville supply locality
- Melbourne Airport 3045Tullamarine supply locality
- Melton 3337Melton South supply locality
- Melton South 3338Melton South supply locality
- Melton West 3337Merrimu supply locality
- Moonee Ponds 3039Moonee Ponds supply locality
- Newport 3015Williamstown supply locality
- Niddrie 3042East Keilor supply locality
- North Melbourne 3051Parkville supply locality
- Oaklands Junction 3063Bulla supply locality
- Parkville 3052Parkville supply locality
- Point Cook 3030Altona supply locality
- Princes Hill 3054Parkville supply localityMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Richmond 3121Richmond supply locality
- Seabrook 3028Altona supply localityMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Seaholme 3018Altona supply localityMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Seddon 3011Maribyrnong supply localityMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- South Kingsville 3015Williamstown supply localityMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- South Wharf 3006Greater Western Water supply areaMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Spotswood 3015Williamstown supply localityMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- St Albans 3021Greater Western Water supply areaMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Strathmore 3041Strathmore supply localityMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Strathmore Heights 3041Greater Western Water supply areaMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Sunbury 3429Sunbury supply locality
- Sunshine 3020Deer Park supply localityMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Sunshine North 3020Deer Park supply locality
- Sunshine West 3020Altona supply locality
- Sydenham 3037Taylors Lakes supply locality
- Tarneit 3029Werribee supply locality
- Taylors Lakes 3038Taylors Lakes supply localityMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Travancore 3032Moonee Ponds supply localityMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Truganina 3029Altona supply locality
- Werribee 3030Werribee supply locality
- Werribee South 3030Werribee South supply locality
- West Footscray 3012Maribyrnong supply localityMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- West Melbourne 3003Parkville supply locality
- Wildwood 3429Bulla supply localityMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Williams Landing 3027Greater Western Water supply areaMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Williamstown 3016Williamstown supply locality
- Williamstown North 3016Williamstown supply localityMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
- Wyndham Vale 3024Werribee supply locality
- Yarraville 3013Maribyrnong supply locality
- Yuroke 3063Bulla supply localityMultiple or contextual areas: confirm with your retailer.
Melbourne tap water quality: common questions
Can I check Melbourne tap water quality by suburb?
Yes. Search a Melbourne suburb or postcode to see the mapped water supplier, sampling-area context and available report readings. A suburb may cross supply boundaries, so confirm your property’s area with your retailer.
Is Melbourne tap water safe to drink?
Melbourne Water tests drinking water against strict quality requirements. This checker summarises historical reports and cannot confirm conditions at your tap today. For active advisories or a sudden change in your water, contact your water retailer.
Is Melbourne tap water hard or soft?
Melbourne Water’s published reservoir data shows relatively low hardness, but the result depends on the supply area and reporting period. Look for the hardness reading in your profile rather than assuming every Melbourne suburb has the same value.
Why does Melbourne tap water taste like chlorine?
Chlorine is used in drinking water treatment and may affect taste or smell. A noticeable taste alone does not establish a safety problem. Read your local report and contact your retailer if the change is sudden or unusual.
Does Melbourne tap water contain fluoride?
Fluoride is included in Melbourne Water’s published water-quality testing. Concentrations vary by sampling location and period; the checker shows sourced report readings where available.
Does water quality vary between Melbourne suburbs?
Reported readings can differ between sampling areas. Suburb boundaries do not always match those areas, and household plumbing can also affect water at the tap. Read the profile’s coverage and reporting dates before comparing results.
Does this checker test my tap or monitor live water alerts?
No. It summarises imported authority reports and historical records. It does not sample your water, inspect private plumbing or monitor live notices. For current supply advice, use your retailer’s website or contact the retailer directly.
Do I need a filter based on these results?
A report reading alone does not establish that you need filtration. Start with your goals, such as taste or convenience, and compare documented cartridge performance. For a specific contaminant concern, ask about appropriate testing and evidence before choosing equipment.
Choose a water filtration option for your needs
Start with the concern you want to address. Compare the specific system and cartridge performance before choosing filtration.
