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East Grampians Rural Pipeline Update

Pipe alignments for Zone 2 & 3 now available

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Outages and water quality alerts

Last updated: 8.30 am, 30 July 2020

Vine Lane, Ouyen

RESTORED: Ouyen Standpipe - Vine Lane

Starting: 8.30 am, 30 July 2020
Finishing: 8.30 am, 7 September 2020

This standpipe is available for customer use. We apologise for any inconvenience caused as we restored services to this standpipe.

Locations of more standpipes in our region are listed here.

Report a fault by calling 1800 188 586 anytime

Current

14%

Last year

38%

Lake Lonsdale is a large, shallow reservoir on the Mt William Creek. It fills from its own catchment and is reliant on natural inflows. Although the catchment can be a substantial producer of water during wet years because of its very large area, it isn't reliable during times of drought. Given its relatively shallow depth, the lake also has high evaporation losses over summer months.

Since the introduction of the Wimmera Mallee Pipeline, the lake is no longer used by GWMWater for domestic or stock water supply, however it's still a key source of water for the environment. Lake Lonsdale also has an important role in the community as a recreational lake in the Stawell area, hosting a number of activities on its northern side, such as boating, fishing, swimming, camping and water skiing.

Campground closures

Under the Stage 3 Stay at Home restrictions apply across regional Victoria, all GWMWater campgrounds will be closed from 11.59pm, Wednesday 5 August 2020.

Boat ramps remain open and day visitors from regional Victoria are still permitted. Please ensure your use of these areas complies with the latest State Government coronavirus (COVID-19) public health measures. Physical distancing and outdoor gathering requirements apply at all times – including at the boat ramp and on your boat.

Stage 4 restrictions apply to residents of metropolitan Melbourne. Under Stage 4 restrictions, You must not travel more than five kilometres from where you live.

The campsite closures include: