{"id":252675,"date":"2020-02-12T17:27:04","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T07:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=252675"},"modified":"2020-06-29T16:51:54","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T06:51:54","slug":"free-water-from-paradise-dam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2020\/02\/12\/free-water-from-paradise-dam\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Water From Paradise Dam"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_252676\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-252676\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/leithboully1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-252676\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/leithboully1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/leithboully1.jpg 200w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/leithboully1-188x300.jpg 188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-252676\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sunwater chair Leith Boully (Photo: LinkedIn)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>February 12, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sunwater announced on Wednesday that water from Paradise Dam will be made available for irrigators and other users at no charge from Thursday (February 13).<\/p>\n<p>Bundaberg irrigators will also have access to their full water entitlement until the end of June 2020, and the allocation for medium priority customers has been raised from 82 to 100 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>Sunwater started releasing water from the dam this week after it reached 42 per cent capacity.<\/p>\n<p>As part of this process water will be transferred to downstream storages, Ned Churchward Weir and Ben Anderson Barrage.<\/p>\n<p>Maintaining the dam at this level will allow for essential work to strengthen the dam and improve community safety.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunwater is currently assessing a shortlist of candidates to conduct the works to lower the spillway.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is expected a proponent will be announced in March, with contractors on site in April and work commencing on the spillway in May.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSunwater has an obligation to retain a reduced supply level in the dam to facilitate work on the dam\u2019s spillway as soon as possible,\u201d Sunwater chair Leith Boully said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will continue to review weather forecasts, monitor inflows and release water as required for the duration of the work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the dam is safe in normal and current forecast weather conditions, if we were to experience a weather event similar to record flooding in 2013, the dam may fail.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2020\/02\/10\/dam-to-be-lowered-not-demolished\/\">Dam To Be &#8216;Lowered Not Demolished&#8217;<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2020\/01\/31\/dam-hearings-to-be-livestreamed\/\">Dam Hearings To Be Livestreamed<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2019\/12\/06\/paradise-dam-inquiry-begins\/\">Paradise Dam Inquiry Begins<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2019\/11\/29\/ex-judge-to-head-dam-inquiry\/\">Ex-Judge To Head Dam Inquiry<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2019\/10\/25\/petition-demands-dam-reports\/\">Petition Demands Dam Reports<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2019\/10\/16\/push-for-dam-inquiry-fails\/\">Push For Dam Inquiry Fails<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2019\/10\/07\/water-releases-begin-from-dam\/\">Water Releases Begin From Dam<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2019\/10\/04\/lnp-mps-demand-dam-answers\/\">LNP MPs Demand Dam Answers<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2019\/10\/01\/lnp-demands-inquiry-into-dam\/\">LNP Demands Inquiry Into Dam<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2019\/09\/26\/paradise-dam-a-golden-opportunity\/\">Paradise Dam \u2018A Golden Opportunity\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunwater announced on Wednesday that water from Paradise Dam will be made available for irrigators and other users at no charge from Thursday (February 13).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":252677,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,36],"tags":[1134],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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