DAVID and Sue Hearn, "Savanna", north of Brewarrina, had their bore capped and 34 kilometres of drains piped.
The project included the addition of 26 cup and saucer tanks, with three or four of these put into each paddock, improving stock access to clean water.
The couple would not have been able to afford capping and piping without the scheme's federal government funding.
"Roughly, it would have cost about $400,000 to (cap and pipe) without the scheme," Mrs Hearn said.
Mrs Hearn (pictured with Mr Hearn right and on our cover) said their business would have come under threat during the past two years of drought without the infrastructure improvements.
"Without the bore we wouldn't have been able to maintain our main breeding stock," she said.
"Savanna" had a high flowing uncapped bore, which led to the manager of the Cap and Pipe the Bores program, Mark Ranger, identifying the property as a high priority.
The bore's high flow rate had previously kept "Savanna's" open drains supplied with water, Mrs Hearn said.
"We have been lucky. We never had to cart water and we have just relied on the open bore drains before."
However, in the current dry spell, all accessible water except for the bore has dried up.
