The Future Water Story - Bookings are open for 2025!

The Future Water Story - Bookings are open for 2025!
  • Duration: 4 Hours
  • Location: Werribee, VIC

Early discounts are now available for schools to book The Future Water Story before 20 December, with dates available from March – December 2025.  Tours will be running Tuesdays to Thursdays throughout each term. 


The Future Water Story snapshot

This brand-new experience challenges and empowers students to make their city future-ready and sustainable by participating in: 

  • A Circular Cities Digital Challenge where they explore real-life water management scenarios within a hypothetical city environment and visualise the impacts of their choices over three decades. 
  • A tour of Melbourne's largest sewage treatment plant where they learn about sustainable water management. 


How to book

Step 1: Select the number of groups or classes - Maximum group size is two classes (60 students) per day

Step 2: Select available dates in the calendar - at least four weeks' notice for tour bookings is required

Step 3: Click 'Book now' and complete

  • the number of participants attending 
  • the relevant subject and year level (7/8, 9/10, VCE)
Step 4: A confirmation email will be sent to you.


Booking details and notes

  • Prices are quoted per class and are GST inclusive 
  • No additional cost for teaching staff 
  • Staff-student ratio: 1:20 with a minimum of 2 staff 
  • An invoice will be sent after your visit
  • A cancellation fee will be apply with less than 5 business days' notice.


Bus hire

Groups must supply a bus for the tour and ensure the bus company has an appropriate public liability insurance policy ($10 million minimum). 

Safety requirements

For safety, all visitors to the Western Treatment Plant must meet minimum dress standards that include:
  • Required: long sleeves, long pants/trousers and enclosed shoes
  • Not allowed: shorts, skirts, open-toed shoes, high heels or sandals.

Additional information

  • Visits will be cancelled on days declared a Total Fire Ban or catastrophic danger rating or when air quality is very poor or extremely poor 
  • Tours to the wetlands will be cancelled on days of extreme, catastrophic and Total Fire Ban danger ratings
  • Tours will need to be cancelled when a situation at the site is deemed unsafe.

For details on visiting the Western Treatment Plant, including educational activity descriptions and pricing please visit our Western Treatment Plant web pages or call 131 722.