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Stanthorpe locals rejoice as dam overflows after 15 months of carting water
Up to 50 trucks brought water into the town of Stanthorpe, on Queensland’s Granite Belt, every day for 15 months.
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It cost the state government more than $10 million, businesses struggled, locals lived on water restrictions as low 80 litres each day — every drop was counted.
But their nightmare is finally over, with Storm King Dam reaching 100 per cent capacity after 140 millimetres of rain was received in the catchment in a 24-hour period.
Chamber of Commerce Stanthorpe and Granite Belt President Graham Parker was enjoying the reprieve.
“It’s good for the soul of the whole town,” he said.
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