The Tailem Bend–Keith pipeline provides treated water drawn from the Murray River to communities in the Upper South East region of South Australia. It extends 132 kilometres (82 mi) from Tailem Bend southeast to Keith. It runs roughly parallel to both the Dukes Highway and the Adelaide–Wolseley railway line. It services 800 kilometres (500 mi) of branch mains and a total area of 6,470 square kilometres (2,500 sq mi).