It was the first time much of the infrastructure, erected after devastating floods in 2011, had been put to the test.

Northern Grampians Shire Council chief executive officer Justine Linley said Stawell coped well and appeared to have escaped any damage as a result of the rainfall.

"Fortunately for us, a lot of the mitigation works that we've been doing in the last couple of years meant that we didn't have extensive flooding in Stawell, which we probably would have had in previous years," she said.

"The evidence from this last rain event, particularly around Stawell, is that the work that was done to seal some of the back lanes and laneways to effectively move water away from properties has worked.

"We had minimal, if any call outs during that last rain event."

Ms Linley said the outcome was in stark contrast to 2011 when vast swathes of the region ended up under water.

"We could've ended up with something similar in and around Stawell, but because we've done that preventative work we didn't. Therefore, we don't have that cost. We had a sign over the road for a couple of hours and that was about it," she said.

"Things like the spillway in Stawell worked well, all of the Swans road water retaining dams worked as they should.

"We've only had a couple of minor issues in areas where we know that is going to happen, around Playford Street, which is always going to be an issue, but we're working on a longer term solution for that as well."