Maintenance works include:
- debris collection
- beach raking
- weed spraying.
Our maintenance crews are not allowed to move any equipment on the beaches, which can result in areas being skipped. You can help them by packing up personal equipment, like outdoor furniture and boats.
Annual maintenance schedule 2025/26
Maintenance generally begins on the first week of the month. Times may vary, as accessing locations by barge depends on suitable tides and access around moorings.
Quiet Lakes
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Beach spraying 6 per year |
Sand retrieval 1 per year |
Spoon drain clearing 2 per year |
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*Maintenance of the sand areas, including debris raking and collection, and beach planning followed by weed spraying.
Tidal Waterways
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Beach spraying 6 per year |
Spoon drain clearing 2 per year |
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*Includes beach raking and debris collection.
Patterson Lakes Beach Maintenance Strategic Review
In response to residents’ concerns and feedback about beach maintenance, Melbourne Water and City of Kingston engaged an independent consultant to conduct a review and assessment of beach maintenance services.
This review looked at:
- challenges faced by Melbourne Water and City of Kingston in delivering beach maintenance services that meet community expectations
- potential improvements to current maintenance processes
- roles and responsibilities of both organisations in managing the beaches
- community feedback collected through Melbourne Water’s bi-annual customer satisfaction survey.
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Melbourne Water is responsible for Tidal Waterways beaches.
City of Kingston is responsible for Quiet Lakes beaches.
Melbourne Water is solely responsible for all Patterson Lakes waterways beaches.
City of Kingston is solely responsible for all Patterson Lakes waterways beaches.
An Owners Corporation is established to be responsible for beach maintenance services at both the Tidal Waterways and Quiet Lakes precincts.
Formation of a dedicated utility jointly owned by Melbourne Water and City of Kingston, with the sole purpose of providing beach maintenance services in both precincts.
Melbourne Water and City of Kingston maintain their current roles and responsibilities for beach maintenance, enhanced by greater transparency to customers.
Melbourne Water and City of Kingston are working together to assess these recommendations and determine the most effective and sustainable solutions moving forward.
Importantly, we want to reassure residents that maintenance service levels for Quiet Lakes and Tidal Waterways beaches will not change without community consultation, which would occur during our 2031 Price Submission process.
