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The City of Croydon was a local government area about 30 kilometres (19 mi) east of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of 34.32 square kilometres (13.25 sq mi), and existed from 1961 until 1994.
The Croydon Sewer Vent is a heritage-listed sewer ventilation stack located on a small parcel of land adjacent to 12 Paisley Road, Croydon, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia. It was designed and built by the Metropolitan Board of Water Supply and Sewerage in 1922. It is also known as Sewer Vent and Paisley Road Sewer Vent.
In 1888 a large part of the upper Yarra valley was reserved for water supply purposes. [8] In 1891, the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works (MMBW) was a public utility board in Melbourne, set up to provide water supply, sewerage and sewage treatment functions for the city, and to create a piped sewerage system.
Water supply and sanitation in Australia is a topic concerning the consumption and obtainment of water for the Australian population. Being the driest inhabited continent in the world, and also one of the highest consumers of water per capita, both the acquisition and usage of water are of concern to Australians.
Croydon is an eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 30 kilometres (19 mi) east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Maroondah local government area. Croydon recorded a population of 28,608 at the 2021 census .
Greater Western Water (GWW) is a water services corporation in the state of Victoria in Australia. It is owned by the Victorian Government and was formed on 1 July 2021 [ 2 ] by bringing together Western Water [ 3 ] and City West Water .
Water volume 5,800 megalitres (200 × 10 ^ 6 cu ft) Lake Belmore was built in 1995 [ citation needed ] to supply town water to Croydon in Queensland, Australia. [ 1 ]
The first town in Australia to fluoridate its water supply was Beaconsfield, Tasmania in 1953. [ 11 ] [ 14 ] [ 15 ] It is understood that the impetus to fluoridate the water came from the Municipal chemist, Frank Grey, who was prompted to act when an opera singer advised him not to let his daughter's teeth be pulled if he wished her to continue ...