Packages A and B - Launching Place, Don Valley and Yarra Junction

In February 2021, we advised all properties in these areas they can now connect to the new sewerage system. Owners of properties that are ready to connect will have received a letter from us, with instruction on how to connect

Apply to connect to the new sewer now

Package C – Wesburn

Properties in the following streets can now connect to the new sewerage system. Owners of properties that are ready to connect will have received a letter from us, with instruction on how to connect.

• Station Road
• Warburton Highway (south of Station Road)
• Old Warburton Highway
• Maggins Lane
• Porters Road
• Mills Court
• Wares Road

Apply to connect to the new sewer now

Works continue in Woodvale Road, The Crescent, Banksia Circuit, Little Joe and Warburton Highway (north of Station Road). Properties in this area will be able to connect later this year.

Package A - Launching Place and Don Valley

Construction is ongoing.  Our contractor Interflow has laid most of the sewer pipe in the Launching Place area and in parts of Don Valley.  Construction works are due to be completed in December 2020. 

Package B – Yarra Junction

All properties have now been formally declared ready for connection. Owners should have received a letter from Yarra Valley Water with instructions on how to connect.

Package C – Wesburn

Construction is ongoing and our contractor, Melbourne Pipelines (MPL) is currently laying sewer pipes in Warburton Highway from Warburton Road to Mill Court and Wares Road. Construction works in Station Road, Old Warburton Road, Maggins Lane and Warburton Highway from Station Road to Old Warburton Road were completed

The construction of the new sewerage system has been delayed due to challenging ground conditions and completion is now anticipated to be December 2020.

Launching Place and Don Valley, Package A– construction to commence

We have appointed our contractor, Interflow, to construct the new sewerage network in Launching Place and Don Valley. This work is scheduled to start in May 2020 and be completed by December 2020, weather and soil conditions permitting.

View map of the proposed alignment

Once the sewer has been constructed, our pressure sewer contractor, Pressure Sewer Services Australia (PSSA) will contact homeowners to schedule onsite work at your property and decommission your septic system. This work includes installing a new pressure sewer pumping unit within your property boundary.

Take a look at more information about this sewerage system.

View information on pressure sewer system

For more information about the Launching Place and Don Valley, Package A, Community Sewerage Project, please contact Katherine Collette, 9872 1832 or email [email protected].

Package A - Launching Place and Don Valley

We are currently assessing the tender for this project and anticipate awarding the contract by end of February 2020. Construction is anticipated to commence in March of 2020.

Package B - Yarra Junction  

In August 2019, we decided to provide connection points for an additional 32 properties in Yarra Junction, which will result in a better outcome for the local environment. However, this has resulted in a slight delay in the construction timeline. These works are now expected to be completed by March 2020, though some properties may be declared ready for connection earlier in 2020.

When the sewer is ready for connections, Yarra Valley Water will notify landowners and provide more information about the connection process.

Package C - Wesburn

Our contractor, Melbourne Pipelines (MPL) will commence construction of the project in the Warburton Highway section in Dec 2019, and completion is anticipated to be July 2020.

An update on each package of work is given below:

Package A – Launching Place and Don Valley

We are in the detailed design stage of this part of the project and currently seeking authority approvals before tendering and construction.

Construction is anticipated to commence in the first half of 2020.

Package B – Yarra Junction

Construction of this section of work commenced in March 2019 and is approximately half complete. Our contractor, Comdain, have been updating affected customers as works are about to begin in their street.

These works are currently expected to be completed in late 2019.

When the sewer is ready for connection, Yarra Valley Water will send notification and more information about the connection process to property owners.

Package C – Wesburn

Our contractor, Melbourne Pipelines (MPL) will commence construction of this part of the project in August 2019, and completion is anticipated to be May 2020.

This project has been split into three packages of work, as shown in this map:

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An update on each package of work has been provided below.

Package A – Launching Place and Don Valley

We are in the detailed design stage of this part of the project. Pressure Sewer Services Australia (PSSA) are currently carrying out on-property designs on behalf of Yarra Valley Water.

Construction is anticipated to commence in the second half of 2020.

Package B – Yarra Junction

The commencement of work has been delayed slightly, due to delays with stakeholder approvals. Construction of sewers in Yarra Junction (Package B) will now begin in late February 2019. Our contractor, Comdain, will update affected customers as works are about to begin in their street.

These works are currently expected to be completed in late 2019.

Package C – Wesburn

Our contractor, Melbourne Pipelines (MPL) will commence construction of this part of the project in May 2019, and completion is anticipated to be December 2019.

Launching Place, Don Valley, Yarra Junction and Wesburn Community Sewerage Project  

Yarra Valley Water is completing a sewerage servicing project in the Don Valley, Launching Place, Yarra Junction and Wesburn area. 

We have divided the area into three packages of work as shown in this map:

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An update on each package of work has been provided below. 

Package A - Launching Place and Don Valley

We have now finalised the design of the sewer for the Don Valley area and will appoint the contractor to construct the sewer in early 2019. Once this has occurred we will be able to confirm planning permit requires and provide an update on when we will commence construction.

Package B - Yarra Junction  

Construction of sewers in Package B should commence towards the end of 2018 and are likely to be completed mid-2019, pending stakeholder approvals. 

Our contractor, Comdain will provide further information to affected customers closer to the date. 

Package C - Wesburn

We anticipate construction of sewers in the Wesburn area will commence in early 2019, pending stakeholder approvals.  These are likely be completed in the second half of 2019. 

Our contractor, Melbourne Pipelines will provide further information to affected customers closer to the date.

Letters were sent this month, advising residents and property owners of the outcome of the Land Capability Assessment (LCA) for their property, and if their property is being provided with a sewerage service as part of the Community Sewerage Program.

Upcoming information session

We are holding a community information session on 9 October. Details for the session are as follows:

Monday, 9 October 2017
4:30pm to 6:30pm
Upper Yarra Family Centre
2444 Warburton Highway, Yarra Junction

The session is an informal drop-in session, and attendance is not mandatory. There will be no formal presentation. Instead, people can come along and talk to the project team about the proposed sewerage system in Launching Place, Wesburn, Don Valley and Yarra Junction, and find out more about how Yarra Valley Water determined which properties need to be serviced (i.e. which properties will connect to the new sewer pipeline). Attendees will also have an opportunity to have their questions answered in one-on-one conversations.

We’ve now determined how we will service the properties on our Community Sewerage Program. We’ll connect some properties to a gravity sewer and others to a pressure sewer.

Find out more about these types of sewers.

The type of sewer a property will receive is based on a range of factors including:

• how hilly or flat the area is
• where the sewer can go (this can be influenced by other services in the area, such as existing gas or water mains)
• environmental impacts
• ease of construction (including property access).

We’ve also determined preliminary alignments for our sewer pipelines.

View the map showing our most likely alignments.

Please note these could change as we move from design to construction. We still need to obtain planning permits from the Shire of Yarra Ranges before we can proceed with constructing these sewers.

We’re currently selecting the contractor that will construct the sewer pipeline in the street. We expect to start construction activities in the next few months, once all approvals have been obtained.

Read about the costs involved for properties that will receive a sewerage service through the Community Sewerage Program . 

Some properties in Launching Place, Don Valley and Yarra Junction are considered to be able to contain all of their wastewater onsite, and will not be provided with a sewerage service as part of the Community Sewerage Program.

Property owners are still able to connect the sewerage network if they want to, however there needs to be enough capacity in the sewerage system to handle flows from their property, and the owner would need to pay all costs for connecting to the sewer.

In this case, these costs will apply, as well as some additional costs:

• The cost of extending the sewerage pipeline to the property boundary (if required)
• If the nearest sewerage network is a pressure network, the property owner will need to fund the installation of a pressure pod (a small pump that is located on the property to pump the wastewater to the pipes in the street). This pressure pod and pipeline to the street will then be managed and maintained by Yarra Valley Water.

Letters were sent this month, advising residents and property owners in Launching Place, Wesburn, Don Valley and Yarra Junction of the outcome of the Land Capability Assessment (LCA) for their property, and if their property is being serviced as part of the Community Sewerage Program. 

We are also holding an information session about the project and the proposed sewerage servicing approach for the area. Details for the session are as follows:

The session is an informal drop-in session, and attendance is not mandatory. There will be no formal presentation. Instead, information will be available about how Yarra Valley Water has determined which properties need to be serviced (i.e. which properties will connect to the new sewer pipeline).

Attendees will also have an opportunity to talk to the project team about the project, and have your questions answered.