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25 relations: Aqueduct (water supply), Australia, Black Saturday bushfires, City of Whittlesea, Dam, Drinking water, Embankment dam, Great Dividing Range, Interbasin transfer, Kinglake National Park, Melbourne, Melbourne Water, Mount Disappointment (Australia), Murray–Darling basin, National Library of Australia, Parks Victoria, Platypus, Plenty River (Victoria), Reservoir, The Argus (Melbourne), Victoria (Australia), Victorian Heritage Register, Water supply, William Thwaites (engineer), Yan Yean Reservoir.
Aqueduct (water supply)
An aqueduct is a watercourse constructed to convey water.
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.
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Black Saturday bushfires
The Black Saturday bushfires were a series of bushfires that ignited or were burning across the Australian state of Victoria on and around Saturday, 7 February 2009 and were Australia's all-time worst bushfire disasters.
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City of Whittlesea
The City of Whittlesea is a local government area located in the outer northern suburbs of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia.
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Dam
A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of water or underground streams.
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Drinking water
Drinking water, also known as potable water, is water that is safe to drink or to use for food preparation.
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Embankment dam
An embankment dam is a large artificial dam.
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Great Dividing Range
The Great Dividing Range, or the Eastern Highlands, is Australia's most substantial mountain range and the third longest land-based range in the world.
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Interbasin transfer
Interbasin transfer or transbasin diversion are (often hyphenated) terms used to describe man-made conveyance schemes which move water from one river basin where it is available, to another basin where water is less available or could be utilized better for human development.
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Kinglake National Park
The Kinglake National Park is a national park in Central Victoria, Australia.
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Melbourne
Melbourne is the state capital of Victoria and the second-most populous city in Australia and Oceania.
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Melbourne Water
Melbourne Water is a government owned statutory authority that controls much of the water system in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia including the reservoirs, and the sewerage and drainage system that services the city.
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Mount Disappointment (Australia)
Mount Disappointment is an mountain, located on the southern end of the Great Dividing Range, north of Whittlesea, north of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia.
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Murray–Darling basin
The Murray–Darling basin is a large geographical area in the interior of southeastern Australia.
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National Library of Australia
The National Library of Australia is the largest reference library in Australia, responsible under the terms of the National Library Act for "maintaining and developing a national collection of library material, including a comprehensive collection of library material relating to Australia and the Australian people." In 2012–13, the National Library collection comprised 6,496,772 items, and an additional of manuscript material.
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Parks Victoria
Parks Victoria is a government agency of the state of Victoria, Australia.
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Platypus
The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus), sometimes referred to as the duck-billed platypus, is a semiaquatic egg-laying mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania.
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Plenty River (Victoria)
The Plenty River is a perennial river of the Port Phillip catchment, located in the south-eastern Greater Melbourne region of the Australian state of Victoria.
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Reservoir
A reservoir (from French réservoir – a "tank") is a storage space for fluids.
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The Argus (Melbourne)
The Argus was a morning daily newspaper in Melbourne, Australia that was established in 1846 and closed in 1957.
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Victoria (Australia)
Victoria (abbreviated as Vic) is a state in south-eastern Australia.
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Victorian Heritage Register
The Victorian Heritage Register (VHR) lists places deemed to be of cultural heritage significance to the State of Victoria, Australia.
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Water supply
Water supply is the provision of water by public utilities commercial organisations, community endeavors or by individuals, usually via a system of pumps and pipes.
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William Thwaites (engineer)
William Thwaites (1853–1907) was a civil engineer working in Melbourne, Australia in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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Yan Yean Reservoir
Yan Yean Reservoir is the oldest water supply for the city of Melbourne, Australia.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toorourrong_Reservoir
