A contract for construction on the Interconnection was been awarded to Abigroup, with use of horizontal directional drilling (HDD) to form part of the project.
Mr Brumby said the pipeline will boost Geelong’s water supplies by 50 per cent by the end of 2012 and ensure local towns would be spared from harsh water restrictions in the future.
The 59 km pipeline will link Barwon Water’s Lovely Banks Basins in Geelong with the Melbourne system at Cowies Hill, near Werribee, so the region can share in the 150 billion litres of water the desalination plant can produce each year.
The Victorian Government has committed $A20 million towards the project, with Barwon Water funding the balance of the $A137.9 million project.
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