Noosa News
Queensland water restriction risk as Wivenhoe Dam misses out on rain
Despite hundreds of millimetres of rain falling in parts of southeast Queensland in the last week, the southeast’s largest and most important dam has fallen to levels as low as during the millennium drought.
It’s prompted a warning from authorities that water restrictions could be implemented if Wivenhoe Dam, which provides more than half the water in the state’s southeast, continues to miss out on much-needed rain.
As of Wednesday, Wivenhoe Dam, 80 kilometres northwest of Brisbane, was at 38.3 per cent capacity. While the dam hit that…
-
Noosa News23 hours agoWoman fighting for life after horror three-car crash in Logan
-
Noosa News23 hours agoNationwide shortage of outside school hours care leaves parents in work limbo
-
Noosa News22 hours agoSix people hospitalised after three-car pile-up south of Brisbane
-
General8 hours agoGlenn Maxwell’s catch lights up T20 as Tim David’s half-century helps Australia defeat South Africa in Darwin