Wickepin-Dumbleyung water pipeline restored after two weeks of disruptions

Residents in Dumbleyung and surrounding areas can now breathe a sigh of relief with the water pipeline supplying the area now fixed. Water Corporation crews finished repair work to the Wickepin-Dumbleyung water pipeline on Friday after it sustained “extensive damage” during bushfires in the area earlier this month. The damage to the pipeline saw residential customers asked only to use water for essential purposes, while farming customers had their supplies shut off. Water Corporation Great Southern regional manager Adrian Stewart thanked the community for their patience in waiting for the pipeline to be restored. “Great water saving efforts by the local community meant we were able to maintain water supply to the majority of customers for the duration of work,” he said. Non-portable water supply was restored to around 40 farming customers on Friday, while normal supply returned to residential customers on Tuesday with water storage tanks in Dongolocking and Collanilling now refilled. About 25 kilometres of the pipeline was impacted by the Wickepin fires, with 170 meters of pipe being replaced during the repair works. Assistance is now being offered for bushfire affected customers in the region, including a free water use of up to 50,000 litres for eligible customers.