A Town Hall meeting tomorrow, Thursday, will provide the region’s farmers and community stakeholders with more information about the current status of the East Grampians Water Pipeline Project. 

GWMWater will attend the meeting to provide information and updates, and there will be an opportunity for stakeholders to ask questions about the project. 

The pipeline has had significant delays in its rollout, and is currently planned to be delivered over a smaller footprint due to cost overruns. 

“All stakeholders – our farmers, CFA brigades and recreation reserves – are looking for answers on where they stand with the delivery of the pipeline,” Ararat Mayor Jo Armstrong said.

“Water security is so critical to our economic prosperity, community safety, and to maintaining our vitally important recreation facilities.”

Dobie farmer Charlie de Fegely said the meeting was important for farmers and rural communities. 

“We need to know what is happening with the pipeline. We need access to good quality water for farm enterprises, we need it to fight fires, and we need to have somewhere green to kick the footy… we are worried about where the water will be going and how we can help to lobby for a full delivery of the pipeline,” he said.

The meeting will be at Ararat Town Hall at 9am on Thursday. Council would appreciate people providing an RSVP by calling its customer service team on 5355 0200 or visit https://bit.ly/3EcGtcY.

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