Brisbane Dam Water Levels

Wivenhoe dam is down to just 53 per cent the lowest level since the millennium drought the average south east queenslander is currently using about 186 litres of water per day the bom says dry.
Brisbane dam water levels. Dam levels have dropped below 60 per cent capacity on tuesday the lowest level since the millennium drought broke in 2008 while the region s biggest drinking water source wivenhoe dam fell under 48 per cent. Seq dam levels as at thursday 9 april 2020 the current drinking water supply capacity of the seq water grid is 68 2 which is a 0 3 decrease from 3 april 2020. Seqwater will commence flood releases from north pine dam when storage levels exceed the enacted 68 reduced full supply level as a result of rainfall in the dam catchment. Brisbane catchment 1509568 70 7 wivenhoe dam 622131 53 4 north pine dam 144080 98 6 somerset dam 303697 80 0.
South east queensland s water grid total sits at 57 2 per cent following the. The kariba lake is designed to operate between levels 475 50m and 488 50m with 0 70m freeboard for hydropower generation. This new level will remain in place until dam improvement work is completed on north pine dam. The new level equates to a storage percentage of approximately 68 capacity.
Today s south east queensland dam levels. Lake kariba weekly levels in meters. Seqwater will not look at water restrictions until dam levels drop to the combined 50pc capacity during the hot dry spring water usage has crept up to 200 litres per day per person. The grid makes up nearly 90 of south east queensland s total water storage volume.
The biggest falls in brisbane over the last 24 hours were in the northern suburbs strathpine has had 157mm since 9 00am yesterday.