The town of Ellendale in regional Tasmania will no longer have to rely on water carting in summer with a $7 million water supply pipeline now complete.
By connecting Ellendale’s water supply with the Fentonbury treatment plant, the new pipeline will ensure high quality water is available to residents year-round.
The pipeline will also reduce pressure on the Jones River, meaning greater environmental flows can support local ecosystems and precious flora and fauna.
The Ellendale project was completed with support of the Federal Government’s Water Infrastructure for Sustainable and Efficient Regions (WISER) initiative, with two other WISER projects set to begin in the next month.
This will see the Bothwell and Oatlands water treatment plants replaced, with a connection to be established with the South Highlands irrigation scheme. The town of Oatlands will have access to improved water quality from a new treatment plant.
The Cambridge-Clarence recycled water interconnecter – Tasmania’s fourth WISER project – is currently in the project development phase.
“In our first term of government, the Albanese Government announced the WISER initiative to help provide safe and reliable water for regional and remote communities, and it’s great to see construction finished in Ellendale and shovels about to hit the ground in Bothwell and Oatlands,” Federal Minister for the Environment and Water Murray Watt said.
Joint funding of $54.9 million has been committed to the four projects as part of WISER, which is helping shore up the state’s water supply amidst increasing climate pressures.
The Federal Government is committed to spending $20 million on each state and territory as part of WISER, with up to $5 million available per project. Queensland is set to spend $57.2 million on water projects, with Western Australia to spend $45.1 million, Victoria to spend $40.6 million, and South Australia to spend $13.3 million.
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