The Upper Yarra Reservoir is located east of Melbourne, past Warburton. Water from Upper Yarra Reservoir supplies towns in the upper Yarra Valley, and Silvan Reservoir, which transfers water to most parts of Melbourne. Melbournes Yarra River is a popular area for walking, jogging, cycling, rowing and for relaxing on the banks with a picnic Melbourne (pronounced ) is the second most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 3. ... Warburton is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...

Upper Yarra Reservoir has a capacity of 200,000 megalitres (million litres) and was completed in 1957. In 1888, the Upper Yarra catchment was permanently reserved for water supply purposes. Approval to construct Upper Yarra Reservoir was granted in the early 1940s but due to World War 2 work did not start until 1948. When the Upper Yarra Reservoir was completed, the total storage capacity of Melbourne's system was tripled to nearly 300,000 megalitres. German soldiers at the Battle of Stalingrad World War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the worlds nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. ...

Upper Yarra Reservoir is also supplied by water transferred from the Thomson River Dam. The Thomson River Dam is located about 130km east of Melbourne in Gippsland near the township of Beardmore and the Baw Baw National Park. ...

As at January 2007, severe drought in south-eastern Australia has resulted in low water levels in the reservoir, which on 5 January 2007 was approximately half full.