Bacchus Marsh Express in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria

Metropolitan Plan for Werribee Sewage and Land Reform

The article describes Metropolitan Board of Works schemes at Werribee involving a vast sewage irrigation system. It details dykes called carriers, main channels, and sub-carriers to filter and dispose sewage into the bay, with a large scale farm subdivision of 440 twenty-acre blocks. It notes costs, machinery, and expected outputs including land grading, ploughing, and eventual pastoral land use with sheep and cattle, outlining economic projections and management by Mr Lester and staff.