The Greenvale Reservoir is a reservoir in the south of the Australian state of Victoria . The lake is located in the northwest of Melbourne , approx. 20 km from the city center in the valley of the Yuroke Creek , a tributary of the Moonee Ponds Creeks . It is not primarily fed by natural tributaries, but by feed lines from the Silvan Reservoir in east Melbourne, about 60 km away . It supplies the west of Melbourne with drinking water. The Greenvale district , which is south of the reservoir, gave it its name.
The Greenvale Reservoir Park was laid out south and west of 1973 completed dam, includes picnic areas and a playground and is used by Parks Victoria manages. The reservoir itself and its dam were opened on April 18, 1973 and are under the administration of Melbourne Water .
