PHOTO: Hermidale Pump Station. Image: Supplied by DCCEEW.
The NSW Government will pause plans to replace Cobar’s oldest water supply pipeline based on cost.
Cobar is one of the few towns in NSW without its own water source, relying on water being transported 130 kilometres from the Nyngan weir pool for their supply.
The pipeline replacement project was supposed to improve water reliability for the region, however the NSW Government estimated that the cost replacing the pipeline had ballooned to over $300 million…