About the area
Wimmera Mallee Pipeline Supply System 6 sources surface water from Wimmera headworks on Moora Channel supplied from either Lake Wartook or Moora Moora Reservoir into the Brimpaen storages. The system supplies rural customers to the west and south of Horsham.
This system supplies raw untreated water only, to Clear Lake and Noradjuha.
This system is supplied by Grampians Wimmera Mallee Water.
Water balance
The table below shows the total volumes of water supplied from water resources in the Wimmera Mallee Pipeline Supply System 6 in 2022-23.
Table 1: Water balance, Wimmera Mallee Pipeline Supply System 6
| Water account component | 2021-22 (ML) | 2022-23 (ML) |
|---|---|---|
| Volume in store | ||
| Start volume in store (ML) | 0 | 0 |
| End volume in store (ML) | 0 | 0 |
| Change in store | 0 | 0 |
| Inflows | ||
| Inflow from surface water | 1,019 | 847 |
| Inflow from groundwater | 0 | 0 |
| Inflow from distribution system | 0 | 0 |
| Inflow from recycled water | 0 | 0 |
| Rainfall | 0 | 0 |
| Unattributed inflows | 0 | 0 |
| Total inflows | 1,019 | 847 |
| Outflows | ||
| Deliveries | ||
| Urban residential deliveries | 0 | 0 |
| Urban non-residential deliveries | 0 | 0 |
| Rural deliveries | 631 | 471 |
| Passed to other systems | 0 | 0 |
| Total deliveries | 631 | 471 |
| Losses | ||
| Evaporation | 0 | 0 |
| System losses | 388 | 376 |
| Total losses | 388 | 376 |
| Total outflows | 1,019 | 847 |
| System efficiency | ||
| Distribution system efficiency (%) | 62% | 56% |
