The Wimmera Mallee Pipeline Project is the best thing for 100 years

The Wimmera Mallee Pipeline Project (WMPP) is the largest water infrastructure project in Australia, replacing 18,000 kilometres of inefficient earthen channel with 9,159 kilometres of pressurized pipeline and associated structures.

Construction of this great engineering feat commenced in November 2006 with the last pipe being laid in April 2010 - well ahead of the ten year timeframe originally proposed and within the $688 million project budget.

Thursday 15 April 2010 saw the Horsham Soundshell come alive with celebrations for the official opening of the Wimmera Mallee Pipeline.

Federal and State parlimentarians joined GWMWater's then Chairman Barry Clugston to lower the ‘Piping It’ flag and raise the ‘Piped It’ flag with a crowd of more than 1,100 interested community members cheering them on. The flag ceremony symbolised the completion of all pipes laid and officially opened the Wimmera Mallee Pipeline.

Thanks to the pipeline project, made possible by project partners including the Australian and Victorian governments, 36 towns and our 7,000 rural customers are now receiving a high quality and reliable water supply.

Water restriction levels for these customers were eased from Stage 4 to Stage 1 in October 2009 and subsequently moved to Permanent Water Saving Rules in October 2010 as a result of the improved water security that the project has delivered.

Status update and link to Supply System maps

Community input

Interactive regional map / On-Farm planning 

Milestones

On-Farm Water Reticulation Guide

Resources