Flooding and coastal impacts – planning for a safer, more resilient future
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Flooding: Melbourne Water is leading the way
To help our community better understand and prepare for flooding events, Melbourne Water is working with all Council regions in Greater Melbourne, including Kingston, to update maps showing areas subject to flooding from extreme rainfall. The maps will help show where flooding is most likely to occur, and the impact it will have.
As the regional floodplain manager, Melbourne Water is guiding the technical side of this work. We’re supporting them by sharing local knowledge, coordinating community engagement, and ensuring the updated maps meet the needs of our community.
Why this matters for our community
Understanding where and how flooding happens helps us:
Make smarter decisions about where and how we build
Plan safer, more flood-resilient infrastructure
Give residents and businesses clearer information about risks
Improve emergency response and flood mitigation efforts
Support transparent and long-term community planning
Coastal impacts: rising seas and changing shores
Alongside inland flooding, our 13km of coastline is also being impacted by higher waves, erosion of our beaches and shallow groundwater in low lying suburbs.
We’re using Victorian Government data that factors in sea level rise and storm surge to identify these coastal impacts. This information will help guide future planning and protect our foreshore and low-lying areas near the coast.
We need your help
Your local knowledge is crucial. Have you seen flooding in your street, backyard, or local park? Have you noticed erosion of beaches, coastal sand dunes, or unusually high tides? Have you noticed that your backyard or local reserve appear soggy, even when there has been no rain?
Please share your experience:
Take our short survey below
Drop a pin on the interactive map with your experience (best viewed using Chrome browser)
Or provide feedback in person at a pop-up community consultation: Meet with us in person at one of our Community Convo pop-ups. View dates and times here.
The more detail you provide – such as dates, locations, depth of water, or photos – the more helpful your input will be.
Your feedback will help guide informed decisions about future development, priority places for action and emergency response.
We will come back to the community with further information and consultation in early 2026.
Alternative options for sharing feedback:
If you'd prefer to share your thoughts via email, mail or phone, you can do so via:
**If you would like to report a current flooding issue, please use this link: Flooding - City of Kingston. Experiences shared or pinned via the tools below will not automatically generate requests for our Customer Care team.**
Flooding: Melbourne Water is leading the way
To help our community better understand and prepare for flooding events, Melbourne Water is working with all Council regions in Greater Melbourne, including Kingston, to update maps showing areas subject to flooding from extreme rainfall. The maps will help show where flooding is most likely to occur, and the impact it will have.
As the regional floodplain manager, Melbourne Water is guiding the technical side of this work. We’re supporting them by sharing local knowledge, coordinating community engagement, and ensuring the updated maps meet the needs of our community.
Why this matters for our community
Understanding where and how flooding happens helps us:
Make smarter decisions about where and how we build
Plan safer, more flood-resilient infrastructure
Give residents and businesses clearer information about risks
Improve emergency response and flood mitigation efforts
Support transparent and long-term community planning
Coastal impacts: rising seas and changing shores
Alongside inland flooding, our 13km of coastline is also being impacted by higher waves, erosion of our beaches and shallow groundwater in low lying suburbs.
We’re using Victorian Government data that factors in sea level rise and storm surge to identify these coastal impacts. This information will help guide future planning and protect our foreshore and low-lying areas near the coast.
We need your help
Your local knowledge is crucial. Have you seen flooding in your street, backyard, or local park? Have you noticed erosion of beaches, coastal sand dunes, or unusually high tides? Have you noticed that your backyard or local reserve appear soggy, even when there has been no rain?
Please share your experience:
Take our short survey below
Drop a pin on the interactive map with your experience (best viewed using Chrome browser)
Or provide feedback in person at a pop-up community consultation: Meet with us in person at one of our Community Convo pop-ups. View dates and times here.
The more detail you provide – such as dates, locations, depth of water, or photos – the more helpful your input will be.
Your feedback will help guide informed decisions about future development, priority places for action and emergency response.
We will come back to the community with further information and consultation in early 2026.
Alternative options for sharing feedback:
If you'd prefer to share your thoughts via email, mail or phone, you can do so via:
**If you would like to report a current flooding issue, please use this link: Flooding - City of Kingston. Experiences shared or pinned via the tools below will not automatically generate requests for our Customer Care team.**
We are collecting your information for this consultation. The information you provide will be used to help make decisions on this matter. Summarised responses may be made publicly available, but will always be de-identified.
