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The City of Greater Geelong wants to capture the community's experiences of flooding in South Geelong, Newtown, Breakwater, Thomson and St Albans Park.

This information will help to inform our South Geelong Stormwater Management Strategy, which will assist the City and relevant authorities to better understand and manage flood risk, stormwater quality impacts on local waterways, and alternate water supply options for the region.

Community consultation

We want to hear from current and past residents, property owners, businesses and organisations within the South Geelong catchment area to help shape our flood modelling work.

The City wants to understand where flooding impacts the area, what type of infrastructure we need to protect the community and opportunities to capture excess stormwater.

We would like you to share flood stories, memories, views and local knowledge of the area to help us deliver a successful project by completing the survey below.

You can share:

  • your stories
  • photos
  • videos
  • newspaper cuttings, and more!

This community engagement will be across three stages:

  • STAGE 1 - Community feedback requested to obtain local flood information and experiences.
  • STAGE 2 - Options to reduce the risk of flooding will be shared on this page for further community feedback.
  • STAGE 3 - The assessment report will be presented online.

South Geelong Catchment Map

Catchment Map

Please note:

  • The catchment boundary is still under review and will be modified slightly later when the hydrological modelling is complete.
  • The study is particularly focused on urban flooding, excluding riverine flooding or small-scale residential water accumulation.

Your feedback is important to us, please visit one or more of the feedback options below to have your say:

  • Using the online survey below
  • Use a hard copy surveys (available at all City Customer Service Centres or by contacting the team listed in the "Who's listening' section of this page.)
  • Drop a pin on our interactive map below to tell us about your experience.
  • Email us at infrastructureplanning@geelongcity.vic.gov.au
  • Write a letter addressed to us:
    • Stormwater Planning Team
      City of Greater Geelong
      Wadawurrung Country
      PO Box 104,
      Geelong VIC 3220

  • Survey

    Take our short survey to tell us about your experiences and share your knowledge.

    Take our survey 

  • Our mapping tool

    Drop a pin on our map to tell us about your experiences of flooding and known hot spots within the catchment area.

    View the map 

The personal information requested on this page is being collected by City of Greater Geelong for the purpose of the South Geelong Stormwater Management Strategy or any other directly related purpose. If the personal information is not collected, we may not be able to contact you for further questions or solutions. In this engagement your User Name will be published with your comment, if you wish to make a non-public comment please contact the engagement officer listed. Your personal information will only be disclosed to carry out a deeper analysis of the data* or as required to do so by law. Our privacy policy is available on our website. If you wish to alter any of the personal information you have supplied to City of Greater Geelong, please contact us by sending an email to privacy@geelongcity.vic.gov.au.

*In order to gain a deeper understanding of the data provided to the City and improve our services to you, we may disclose the information you provide to us to AWS Comprehend and Converlens Pty Ltd which carry out analysis of the data. Your personal information may be disclosed to AWS Comprehend and Converlens Pty Ltd based in Sydney only in relation to the primary purpose of collection. View the following link for AWS Comprehend’s Data Privacy statement and Converlens Pty Ltd Data Privacy statement.