Water Act 1989

A council may require Melbourne Water Corporation to fix fire plugs to any of the works of Melbourne Water Corporation in locations that are determined by Melbourne Water Corporation as being suitable for the supply of water for fire-fighting purposes.

A council must meet the costs of providing, installing, marking and maintaining all fire plugs that the council requires under subsection (1) to be installed in its municipal district.

Melbourne Water Corporation may provide, install, mark and maintain any extra fire plugs that it thinks necessary or that are requested by a landowner, either at its own cost or at the cost of the landowners benefited by them.

Melbourne Water Corporation must—

keep all fire plugs that are fixed to its works in working order; and

provide conspicuous markers for fire plugs supplied by it; and

make sure that at all times water is available without charge from fire plugs attached to its works for cleaning sewers and drains, unless the water is unavailable due to a shortage of water or another unavoidable cause, or due to repairs.

Subsection (4)(a) does not require Melbourne Water Corporation to make sure that water pressure is adequate for fire fighting.