Wivenhoe remains low despite southeast deluge

Wivenhoe Dam – southeast Queensland’s largest water storage and the main supply of water for Brisbane and Greater Ipswich – is sitting at 37.3 per cent capacity, down 0.2 per cent from Thursday and near its lowest level in more than a decade. Seqwater engineers expect Wivenhoe Dam could increase by one to three per cent over the coming days. Over the last week, up to 200mm hit different locations in the Somerset Dam catchment, which was at 78.8 per cent capacity yesterday when the water release…



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