# Coliban Water > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Coliban_Water > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Coliban_Water.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coliban_Water > Source revision: 1323151740 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Regional water corporation in Victoria, Australia This article relies excessively on references to primary sources. Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources. Find sources: "Coliban Water" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (October 2007) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Coliban Water Statutory authority overview Formed 1 July 1992 Jurisdiction Government of Victoria Headquarters Bendigo, Victoria Motto To provide water and sewage services for public health and the environment so our communities can sustain themselves. Employees c. 300 Minister responsible Minister for Water (Victoria) Parent department Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action Website www.coliban.com.au **Coliban Water** is a regional [water corporation](/source/Water_corporation) in [Victoria, Australia](/source/Victoria%2C_Australia), established on 1 July 1992. It manages, maintains and operates more than 50 reservoirs and water storage basins across North-Central Victoria. The service area includes 55 towns, of which the Greater City of [Bendigo](/source/Bendigo) is the largest. The region serviced by Coliban Water extends from [Cohuna](/source/Cohuna) and [Echuca](/source/Echuca) in the north to [Kyneton](/source/Kyneton) and [Trentham](/source/Trentham%2C_Victoria) in the south. The western boundary incorporates [Boort](/source/Boort), [Wedderburn](/source/Wedderburn%2C_Victoria), [Bealiba](/source/Bealiba) and [Dunolly](/source/Dunolly), with [Heathcote](/source/Heathcote%2C_Victoria) and [Tooborac](/source/Tooborac) to the east.[1] Coliban Water's head office is located in Bendigo. ## History [Edward Nucella Emmett](/source/Edward_Nucella_Emmett) worked to establish a reliable water supply for Bendigo, he was the main promoter of Bendigo Waterworks Company,[2] a precursor of Coliban Water. Given the financial problems of the Victorian colonial government and the lack of local government funds he worked to privately fund a new water supply. The Sandhurst Municipal Council controlled a 22-acre ‘Water Reserve’ site along the Bendigo Creek at [Golden Square](/source/Golden_Square%2C_Victoria). With funding from wealthy investors in [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne) he formed the company that was incorporated through parliament. Joseph Brady was the first engineer for the project.[3][4] ## See also - [List of reservoirs and dams in Australia](/source/List_of_reservoirs_and_dams_in_Australia) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Coliban Water -About Coliban Water](http://www.coliban.com.au/about/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20070302201803/http://www.coliban.com.au/about/) 2007-03-02 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Parliament of Victoria, former members Emmett, Edward Nucella](https://web.archive.org/web/20060823142837/http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregfull.cfm?mid=355) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [History: "Water for Gold! - The fight to quench Central Victoria's Goldfields", Coliban Water, See slides 20-25](http://www.coliban.com.au/about/history.asp) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20130410135727/http://www.coliban.com.au/about/history.asp) 2013-04-10 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) retrieved 18 December 2012 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Joseph Brady's Coliban System of Water Works, an historical guide"](https://coliban.com.au/files/2019-06/CW_JBrady_collated-Web.pdf) (PDF). *Coliban Water*. ## External links - [Official website](http://www.coliban.com.au) v t e Water supply in Victoria, Australia Greater Metropolitan Melbourne dams and reservoirs Anakie Cardinia Greenvale Maroondah Melton O'Shannassy Silvan Sugarloaf Tarago Thomson Toorourrong Upper Yarra Yan Yean Regional dams and reservoirs Allen Boga Blue Rock Bostock Cairn Curran Candowie Catani Dartmouth Eildon Eppalock Glenmaggie Goulburn/Nagambie Guthridge Korweinguboora Laanecoorie Lauriston Malsmbury Marengo Mokoan Moondara Mulwala Narracan Painkalac Rocklands Stony Creek Upper Coliban Waranga West Barwon West Gellibrand and Olangolah Reservoirs and No.4 & No.5 Basins William Hovell Wurdee Boluc Other water sources / facilities Altona Treatment Plant Eastern Treatment Plant Western Treatment Plant Victorian Desalination Plant Water companies and catchment management authorities Barwon Water Central Highlands Water Coliban Water East Gippsland Water Goulburn–Murray Water Goulburn Valley Water Greater Western Water Melbourne Water South East Water (Australia) Southern Rural Water Yarra Valley Water Catchment Management Authority (Vic) Corangamite CMA East Gippsland CMA Glenelg Hopkins CMA Mallee CMA Port Phillip and Westernport CMA West Gippsland CMA Historical William Davidson William Thwaites Bittern Devilbend Dights Falls Terang City West Water Authority control databases International VIAF National United States This article about an organisation in Australia is a stub. 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