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Water levels at Bjelke-Petersen Dam have risen above 20 per cent after recent rain, and Boondooma Dam is now at more than a third of capacity<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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SBRC Water portfolio chair
Cr Roz Frohloff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

February 19, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

Recent storms have eased the need to tighten South Burnett water restrictions.<\/p>\n

SBRC Water portfolio chair Cr Roz Frohloff told Wednesday’s Council meeting all the region’s dams had benefitted from February’s wet weather.<\/p>\n

BP Dam’s level had risen from 4.8 per cent in mid-November to 20.8 per cent in mid-February.<\/p>\n

Boondooma Dam had risen from 25.9 per cent to 34.2 per cent over the same period.<\/p>\n

On January 22, levels at Gordonbrook were 45.5 per cent, down 1.5 per cent from December 20 but still more than before the rain.<\/p>\n

Boobir Dam at Blackbutt was 19 per cent, up 7 per cent from December.<\/p>\n

“While the drought certainly isn’t over, this recent rainfall has given us an extra 18 months to two years of supply,” Cr Frohloff said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

She said rain had also reduced pressure on Council to raise the current level of water restrictions.<\/p>\n

At present, they are at Level 3, a limit introduced in March 2017.<\/p>\n

Level 3 restrictions prohibit the use of sprinklers and hosing of paved or concreted areas.<\/p>\n

They also restrict hand-held watering from 7:00am to 8:00am, and 5:00pm to 6:00pm, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays for odd numbered houses and Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays for even numbered houses.<\/p>\n

No residential watering is permitted on Mondays.<\/p>\n

Cr Frohloff said plans to raise the restrictions to Level 4 have now been shelved.<\/strong><\/p>\n

However, current restrictions were unlikely to ease until the drought broke.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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