Westernport Water identified CWWTP upgrade as a key component of its capital works program in it's Water Plan to address both Environmental Protection Agency licence compliance conditions and increasing inflow from the sewerage catchment.
The Wentworth to Broken Hill Pipeline was an initiative by the NSW State Government to supply Broken Hill with 37.4 megalitres of raw water per day via a 270km pipeline from the River Murray near Wentworth.