Editing Geelong (section)

===Utilities===
[[File:Geelong A Power Station, 1948.jpg|thumb|left|The former Geelong A power station, now part of Westfield Geelong]]
Water storage and supply in Geelong is managed by [[Barwon Water]], a Victoria government-owned urban water corporation. Geelong is supplied with water from three river systems: the Barwon, the East Moorabool, and the West Moorabool Rivers. The catchment areas are the Brisbane Ranges to Geelong's north-west, and the [[Otway Ranges]] to the south-west. The first water supplies to Geelong were from the Stony Creek reservoirs near [[Steiglitz, Victoria|Steiglitz]], but, as of 2010, Geelong, together with Ballarat, consumes about 70% of the Moorabool River's water flow.<ref>{{cite web|title=Water issues and environmental flows|url=http://www.wombatforestcare.org.au/index.php?page=Water_Issues_and_Environmental_Flows|work=Wombat Forestcare Inc|access-date=6 October 2012|first=Alison|last=Pouliot|year=2007–2010}}</ref> Sewage from Geelong and district is [[sewage treatment|treated]] at the Black Rock Treatment Plant at [[Breamlea]] and then discharged into [[Bass Strait]].

Geelong was first supplied with electricity in 1902 when the [[Geelong Power Station]] opened on the corner of Yarra and Brougham Streets. Later known as Geelong A, the power station was rebuilt in 1920 to increase the capacity, with the station continuing operation until 1961. In 1936, Geelong was connected to the state [[electrical grid]]. The Geelong B power station at [[North Geelong]] opened in 1954,<ref name="psu">{{Cite book
|author=R. Arklay and I. Sayer
|title=Geelong's Electric Supply
|date=September 1970}}</ref> and was closed in 1970 due to the much greater efficiency of the power stations in the [[Latrobe Valley]]. The supply of piped [[coal gas]] in Geelong started in 1860 by the [[Geelong Gas Company]]. The [[gasworks]] were located in North Geelong next to the [[North Geelong railway station]].<ref>The Geelong Gas Company 1858–1958: 100 years of public service and progressive development</ref> Geelong was converted to [[natural gas]] in 1971, with the Geelong Gas Company being taken over by the [[Gas & Fuel Corporation of Victoria]] on 30 June 1971.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.delisted.com.au/Company/3376/GEELONG%20GAS%20COMPANY%20LIMITED |title=GEELONG GAS COMPANY LIMITED |work=deListed website |access-date=2007-08-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070830132222/http://www.delisted.com.au/Company/3376/GEELONG%20GAS%20COMPANY%20LIMITED |archive-date=30 August 2007 }}</ref>