As construction continues, GWMWater will update this section with information and photographs that illustrate the different types of construction activities for the project.

Supply System 1 – fully operational.

Supply System 2 – fully operational.

Supply Systems 3 & 4 –Emergency supplies of water available to rural customers and towns.

Supply System 5 – fully operational.

Supply System 6 –Emergency supplies of water available to rural customers and towns.

Supply System 7 – fully operational.

Click to view a map of construction progress (updated 17 June 2010)

October 2009

Brimpaen storage construction

November 2008

	Roundabout trencher laying PE pipe			Steel trunk construction using two trenchers
	375mm PVC pipelaying near Marnoo			Operating new pump stations
	Wimmera River crossing near Lubeck

October 2008

Steel pipe stack at Jackson Siding

Vibratory plough laying PE pipe

August 2008

	Lining the Warracknabeal storages			Lining the Warracknabeal storages
	Sealing the lining

June 2008

Construction of the new balancing storages at Nullawil

Finished balancing storages at Nullawil

May 2008

450mm PVC stack site at Rupanyup

September 2007

Premier John Brumby & SS5 Construction Manager Brian Walker

August 2007

Plough in method for poly installation near Nullwil

Minimum disturbance of the topsoil and crop with plough in method

May 2007

John Forrest, Malcolm Turnbull & John Thwaites meet Barenji Gadjin representatives at Gross' Bridge

March 2007

	Clean down at Taylors Lake			Positioning the pipe
	Steel pipe laying at Fishers road near Taylors Lake

February 2007

	Community pipe signing in Dimboola			St Helen's Rd Channel Crossing
	Unloading Steel Pipes At Daswell's Bridge

January 2007

Steel pipes strung out at Taylors Lake

1016mm steel pipes stacked near Dadswells Bridge

December 2006

	Member for Mallee John Forrest watches a sub-contractor drill a bore hole at Ladlows Road adjacent to Horsham Transfer Station to insert 100mm PVC pipe into.			Member for Mallee John Forrest with a Cleveland trencher, which is being used to lay the 450mm trunk pipe.
	Member for Mallee John Forrest with a row of 450mm trunk pipe in a paddock near Horsham aerodrome			Drilling concrete pipe beneath the railway line at Dooen.

November 2006

	GWMWater contract supervisors on-site at Dooen.			In the top left section of the photo the pipe has already been laid. Contractors are boring under the road and in the bottom right of the photo, the next section is ready to be trenched (Dooen site)
	A Mitchell Water contractor in a trench with 450mm trunk pipe near Dooen.			The Cleveland trencher digging a trench. In this photo you can see top soil on the right hand side of the trench, and the trenching material on the left.