Remembering the Wimmera-Mallee Pipeline project

Alexander Darling
Updated April 27 2020 - 3:17pm, first published July 11 2019 - 12:30pm
END OF THE LINE: Mitchell Water's Jack Farrugia (left) lays the last pipe of the Wimmera-Mallee Pipeline near Lubeck in April 2010. He is pictured with: GWMWater's former Vice-Chairman Peter Vogel, Project Manager Dr Bruce Van Every, Former Managing Director Jeff Rigby and Former Chairman Barry Clugston.
END OF THE LINE: Mitchell Water's Jack Farrugia (left) lays the last pipe of the Wimmera-Mallee Pipeline near Lubeck in April 2010. He is pictured with: GWMWater's former Vice-Chairman Peter Vogel, Project Manager Dr Bruce Van Every, Former Managing Director Jeff Rigby and Former Chairman Barry Clugston.

Leaders say the Wimmera-Mallee Pipeline project, which is nearing its 10th anniversary, is the bedrock on which aspects of the region's fire safety and economy are built.

Jo Bourke chaired the Wimmera-Mallee Pipeline Project's planning group from 2000 to 2005. She co-ordinated the pipeline's business case and project design, and was its community liaison officer.

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Alexander Darling

Alexander has been a member of the Wimmera Mail-Times' editorial team since December 2018, covering politics, business and property among other rounds. He is a passionate St.Kilda and rock and roll fan, and has previously worked as a radio reporter in Port Macquarie and Gosford, NSW.

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