Picture: Lake Fyans
Information and books about the history of our headworks, the Historic Wimmera Mallee Channel System and constructing the Wimmera Mallee Pipeline.

A history of our headworks

The 'No Water No Life' series is an historic look at our headworks system.

 

The Historic Wimmera Mallee Channel System

The Wimmera Mallee Domestic and Stock Channel System, covering 2.9 million hectares, was one of the largest water supply systems in the world.

 

Constructing the Wimmera Mallee Pipeline

The Wimmera Mallee Pipeline Project was one of the largest water infrastructure projects in Australia, replacing 17,500 kilometres of inefficient open channels with 9,159 kilometres of rural pipeline.

 

Books about our water supply

Information about the history of our water supply and constructing the Wimmera Mallee Pipeline is available from these books and articles.