Tailem Bend to Keith pipeline valve upgrades

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The Tailem Bend to Keith pipeline is a 138-kilometre aboveground pipeline which was built in 1973. The pipeline transfers large volumes of safe, clean drinking water which is produced at the Tailem Bend Water Treatment plant located on the banks of the Murray River.

At full capacity, the Tailem Bend to Keith Pipeline can move 44 million litres of drinking water to supply around 3,000 homes and businesses across the south-east each day.


The pipeline being constructed circa 1970


What are the upgrades?

Together with our contractors, we are planning a major upgrade of the pipeline with a number of critical valves needing to be replaced and another three new valves installed to continue to deliver water services across the Murray Mallee and South-East.

Each location will have a slightly unique scope of work and timeframe with work being staged, working south to north.


An SA Water field operations staff member with one of our 3.5 tonne valves to be installed.

Here's what the new valves will mean for the towns water supply:

  • Coonalpyn - reducing customer impacts in the case of an outage by 257 properties.
  • Culburra - reducing customer impacts in the case of an outage by 116 properties.
  • Tintinara - reducing customer impacts in the case of an outage by 315 properties.

Where the upgrades will take place

Map of the Tailem to Keith Pipeline and the locations of the valves to be upgraded.

When it's happening

The project is expected to be complete by end of 2025.

Please refer to our timeline on the right side of this page for an up-to-date schedule.


Keeping you updated

To keep our crews and the community safe, some disruption to local traffic may be required but we will keep you informed in the lead up to this project. We will let you know if any temporary water interruptions will be required to your property.

The Tailem Bend to Keith pipeline is a 138-kilometre aboveground pipeline which was built in 1973. The pipeline transfers large volumes of safe, clean drinking water which is produced at the Tailem Bend Water Treatment plant located on the banks of the Murray River.

At full capacity, the Tailem Bend to Keith Pipeline can move 44 million litres of drinking water to supply around 3,000 homes and businesses across the south-east each day.


The pipeline being constructed circa 1970


What are the upgrades?

Together with our contractors, we are planning a major upgrade of the pipeline with a number of critical valves needing to be replaced and another three new valves installed to continue to deliver water services across the Murray Mallee and South-East.

Each location will have a slightly unique scope of work and timeframe with work being staged, working south to north.


An SA Water field operations staff member with one of our 3.5 tonne valves to be installed.

Here's what the new valves will mean for the towns water supply:

  • Coonalpyn - reducing customer impacts in the case of an outage by 257 properties.
  • Culburra - reducing customer impacts in the case of an outage by 116 properties.
  • Tintinara - reducing customer impacts in the case of an outage by 315 properties.

Where the upgrades will take place

Map of the Tailem to Keith Pipeline and the locations of the valves to be upgraded.

When it's happening

The project is expected to be complete by end of 2025.

Please refer to our timeline on the right side of this page for an up-to-date schedule.


Keeping you updated

To keep our crews and the community safe, some disruption to local traffic may be required but we will keep you informed in the lead up to this project. We will let you know if any temporary water interruptions will be required to your property.

Have a question about our valve upgrades along the TBK pipeline?

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  • Share Hi, my grandpa worked on the Tailem Bend pump station in 1969, I would love to know if there is any photos. Thank you it would mean so much to me. on Facebook Share Hi, my grandpa worked on the Tailem Bend pump station in 1969, I would love to know if there is any photos. Thank you it would mean so much to me. on Twitter Share Hi, my grandpa worked on the Tailem Bend pump station in 1969, I would love to know if there is any photos. Thank you it would mean so much to me. on Linkedin Email Hi, my grandpa worked on the Tailem Bend pump station in 1969, I would love to know if there is any photos. Thank you it would mean so much to me. link

    Hi, my grandpa worked on the Tailem Bend pump station in 1969, I would love to know if there is any photos. Thank you it would mean so much to me.

    Ace asked about 2 months ago

    Hi there, we do have some photos available of the Tailem Bend-Keith Pipeline Scheme in 1969. Unfortunately, we cannot share these on Water talks, however if you email me directly, I'm happy to send these to you. email is: stussi.dellis@sawater.com.au

    Thank you

Page last updated: 21 Feb 2025, 11:20 AM