MELBOURNE'S 3a water restrictions could be eased after Premier John Brumby said he personally wanted to see them relaxed.

The Premier praised our low water consumption in the past year.

Melbourne households averaged 154 litres a person last year, Water Minister Tim Holding revealed.

Mr Brumby said the Government was "looking very closely" at the city's water restrictions.

"Both Tim and I would like to see restrictions eased," he said. "We are still waiting, obviously, on more advice."

The weekend's massive hail storm did little to top up storages. Melbourne Water said the soil in catchment areas acted like a sponge after the heat of summer.

Melbourne's dams are 34.7 per cent full.

Mr Brumby declined to say what changes could be made to restrictions, but said Melburnians were doing a "fantastic" job saving the resource.

"Before the end of March we will be making further announcements about water restrictions," he said.

"It is now a fact that in virtually every part of the state, every city outside of Melbourne, we have been able to bring down restrictions.

"It's also a story about Victorians working together in partnership to save water and the benefit of that I think will lead us to ease restrictions."

Mr Holding said the desalination plant at Wonthaggi was an important project for Victorians, and construction was on track.

Melbourne had the third lowest level of water use in the state behind Sunbury (145 litres) and Ballarat (147). Households in Swan Hill and the Shepparton area were the biggest splurgers, using more than 410 litres a day.

Swan Hill and Shepparton have minimal restrictions.

Opposition urban water spokeswoman Louise Asher said Melbourne should have moved from stage 3a restrictions long ago.

"If the Government had not botched water supply in Melbourne, we wouldn't have had such restrictions," Ms Asher said.

Critique:

The restrictions that made by authorities are good ways to prevent people from wasting water. Nowadays, people are consuming too much water without considering the consequence that the amount of water available is decreasing. What adding salt to injury is that global worming are accelerating the evaporation of water on earth thus making it worse. In short, people have to use water wisely to avoid over-consuming. Water is important not only to human, but it is also important to every living things on the earth.