Land development information
Land development manual
The land development manual outlines our policies for anyone developing, redeveloping or subdividing land within our service area.
It details the servicing requirements, design, construction, quality assurance and audit policy for land development activities.
View Land Development Manual (PDF, 1 MB)
Build over easement guidelines
Our Build Over Easement (BOE) guidelines provide information about what you need to do if you’re planning to build within an easement, or within 1 metre of one of our assets. You need to consider these guidelines before you start any work.
Learn more about our Build Over Easement (BOE) guidelines.
Sewer servicing guide
The Sewer Servicing Guidelines provide information to developers, property owners, designers, builders and plumbers. These guidelines outline our sewer servicing requirements and ensure a consistent approach across our service area.
View our sewer servicing guide (PDF 6MB)
Pricing handbook
The pricing handbook provides a complete list of our standard products, services and prices.
Download Pricing Handbook 2025-26 (PDF, 1.4MB)
Negotiating framework for developers
The negotiating framework sets out procedural and information requirements relevant to services to which developer charges (New Customer Contributions - NCCs) apply.
Negotiating framework for developers
Responsibility for service provision
Yarra Valley Water
Yarra Valley Water is responsible for providing shared infrastructure assets (such as headworks, treatment plants, pumping stations, trunk mains and sewers) with sufficient capacity in accordance with a predetermined development plan.
Developers
Developers are responsible for:
- Providing reticulation assets and the cost of connecting those assets to Yarra Valley Water’s infrastructure
- Paying the costs and building the sewerage network to ensure a new multi lot development is removed from a combined sewerage drain.
- Paying the costs associated with bringing forward the provision of shared infrastructure assets, if they are required ahead of Yarra Valley Water’s asset development sequence
Yarra Valley Water metering standards and drawings
These are used as a reference for meeting any requirements and adhering to standards associated with metering and services.
Water metering and servicing guidelines
Standard meter cabinet drawings
Standard recycled water in laundry drawing
Property declarations
Properties declared as serviced properties
Water and sewerage infrastructure is now in place to provide water and sewerage services to the following properties.
A copy of the declaration in accordance with section 144 of the Water Act 1989, was published in the Victorian Government Gazette.
View Declaration of serviced properties 26th June 2025 (PDF, 74KB)
View Master List - Declaration of serviced properties Updated June 26th 2025 (PDF, 2 MB)
Community Sewerage Program
The Community Sewerage Program provides properties in Melbourne’s outer north and east with new access to sewerage infrastructure.
We propose building sewerage infrastructure so the following properties can connect to the sewerage system. While we’re unable to provide a date when sewerage services will become available, you can monitor the progress of our works here. Once works have been completed, these properties will be declared and can apply to connect to the sewerage system.
Properties intended to receive sewer services in the future under the Community Sewerage Program.
View properties intended to receive services - July 2025 (PDF 396KB)
Properties declared and now can connect to the sewerage system.
View list of properties now receiving sewerage services (PDF 100KB)
A copy of the declaration in accordance with section 144 of the Water Act 1989, was published in the Victorian Government Gazette.