Bungalally farmers Jack Knight and Neville McIntyre made a public plea on Wednesday for GWMWater to give them and other landholders a dam fill this season.

Mr Knight and Mr McIntyre listed reasons for a dam fill, including reservoir levels passing the old dam fill trigger point of eight per cent, Horsham and other towns having their water restrictions eased and the area not yet being connected to the Wimmera-Mallee Pipeline.

But GWMWater managing director Jeff Rigby said the monthly board meeting on Wednesday decided to offer an extra delivery of water to customers instead of running channels for a dam fill.

Customers not yet connected to the pipeline currently receive one water delivery a month.

``We recognise that some customers not yet connected to the pipeline have been carting water for up to five years,'' Mr Rigby said.

``We understand the financial and emotional burden that this places on customers and have taken this action to try to relieve some of this pressure while they await connection to the pipeline.''

He said there were several reasons why the board did not approve a dam fill.

``A targeted house dam fill was also considered but the timeframe for supply would have meant that some customers would be connected to the pipeline around the same time as their dam was being filled. There were also potential problems with channels running during harvest and contractor issues associated with pipelines crossing channels filled with water,'' he said.

Mr Rigby said the future of the large channel feeding dams in supply system six would be reviewed with some channels needed for future water movement.

Mr Knight said an extra water delivery would not allow landholders to operate the same way as Horsham residents on level one restrictions.

``We are disappointed, we still don't know when we will be connected to the pipeline,'' he said.

``They are giving more excuses than reasons.''