More than 10 farmers from Hepburn Shire gathered on road reserve in Newlyn where a pipeline connecting the Newlyn and Cosgrave reservoirs is being laid.

They see the pipeline as a warning to the superpipe, which they believe will leave double the amount of rock and top soil on their properties.

John Madigan said the farmers - some who own property along the proposed route - had no assurances the rock and top soil would be cleaned up after the superpipe was laid.

He said the group was being proactive and not reactive.

"The farmers don't want this rock left on their properties. It has to be cleaned up," he said.

The proposed superpipe will go through Basil Maher's property in Blampied.

Calling it the "panic pipe", Mr Maher said cleaning up the excavation works would blow the budget.

He said water should be brought from the Otways, rather than Sandhurst Reservoir in the Goulburn Valley.

"I don't want it coming through my place," he said.

"I won't get over it for 10 years.

I don't want to lose any ground compensation."

The pipeline between the Newlyn and Cosgrave reservoirs will go through Brock Tippett and his family's Newlyn property.

Mr Tippett said he really felt for the other farmers.

"It's disgusting what they have left here and I'm not looking forward to it (the superpipe) coming through here," he said.

"This has wide range implications for everyone."