The Swan Reach to Paskeville pipeline is a 189 km long pipeline to deliver treated water drawn from the

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upstream of Swan Reach to the Barossa Valley and Yorke Peninsula and places in between. It was originally constructed as the Swan Reach to

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pipeline, but then extended across the Mid North to

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. It was built in the 1960s. Water is treated at the inlet near Swan Reach. There are three pumping stations to lift water from near sea level at Swan Reach to the highest point near Moculta in the

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east of the northern Barossa Valley. The first pump station lifts water from Swan Reach to tanks at Black and White Hills. The second lifts the water to Towitta Tanks. The third lifts to Moculta Tanks. Each pumping station has three or four pumps, and can pump up to per day. After 50 years of operation, the pumps and valves required upgrade and replacement. As part of its upgrade to reduce energy costs, SA Water is installing solar farms next to many of its pump stations, including the first two on the Swan Reach to Stockwell pipeline. These solar farms will be operational in 2021.

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