With so many plants to upkeep, how does Springvale Botanical Cemetery cope with the water supply required?
Springvale Botanical Cemetery contains three dams with capacity to store approximately 252.5 megalitres (53 million gallons). The catchments are fed both by surface runoff within the site itself, and also storm water from surrounding streets, houses and the Monash Freeway. The dam water is pumped throughout the grounds through our irrigation system. The irrigation system is centrally controlled and is the largest Irrigation System in the Southern Hemisphere. To supplement the water supply, water tanks were installed at the rear of the Mausolea buildings.
