Mundaring has the Best Tasting Water!

For those of you who read the Echo you will have seen that Mundaring has the best tasting water in the state. Interesting for those who have lived here for a long time and were told not to use it in our fish tanks! This article caused us to check out what is going on with the upgrade to the pipeline to Kalgoorlie.

We are told next year the Water Corporation will be progressively replacing old sections of above-ground pipe with modern below-ground pipe over the next 50 years, enabling more efficient and cost-effective operation and maintenance. Extensive lengths of the retired sections will be retained for heritage, tourism and operational purposes, following planned community consultation.

Men working on the pipeline

Pipeline Caulking Machine

Workers installing a pump at No 1 Pump Station

Official Opening 31 March 1902 (Image credit: Water Corporation of WA website)

Postcard c1905 of No 1 Pump Station

Boys from the Werribee Boys Home sitting on the pipe close to the home

Charles Lawson inside No 8 Pumping Station c1935

Here is a link to their website with all the history of the Golden Pipeline story

You can find out more about how Mundaring Weir played a role in the pipeline HERE.

If you have any information to share about the Golden Pipeline, please contact us at the Station Masters House . All contact details in the footer at the bottom of this page.