The replacement the pipeline, which will connect with the recently completed sewage treatment plant, finalises the work needed to replace aging infrastructure in the town.

Hilltops Council’s acting utilities services  director Peter Grove said the work is anticipated to be finished in two to three weeks’ time, depending on any issues that might crop up.

Commuters would be familiar with the route, marked with orange barrier mesh fencing at regular intervals along Milvale Road from Powderly’s Pumping and Irrigation down to a small reserve at the junction of Rockdale Road then along the Old Temora Road.

Mr Grove said this was to highlight the route of the new pipeline and to prevent people from straying into the work site.

The entire 2.1 kilometre pipeline will make its way up to the electricity substation at the corner of Chillingworks Road, before turning right toward its final destination - the sewerage treatment works.

Mr Grove said the cost of the construction of the new pipeline stood at $5 million.

Deemed long overdue, it replaces an 80-year-old mains which was undersized for the town’s current population.

“When this was first built in 1939 it was servicing a town population of 4000 - we now have about double that,” he said.

The new sewer main will also be designed to accommodate an expansion in connected properties and increased flows into the treatment plant, serving the community of Young well into the future.”

Some sections of the construction require drilling to depths of 6.5 metres.

Completion of the first phases of the scheme - new sewage treatment plant - have already provided benefits for the local community and environment with  a marked improvement in the quality of the effluent discharge entering Burrangong Creek.