{"id":291888,"date":"2020-12-23T12:47:34","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T02:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=291888"},"modified":"2020-12-23T12:47:34","modified_gmt":"2020-12-23T02:47:34","slug":"trc-closes-two-dams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2020\/12\/23\/trc-closes-two-dams\/","title":{"rendered":"TRC Closes Two Dams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>December 23, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Toowoomba Regional Council has closed Cressbrook and Perseverance Dams for water-based activities until further notice.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Paul Antonio said it was a precautionary closure to ensure visitors do not suffer any health concerns due to toxins present in Cressbrook Dam and elevated levels of E. coli in Perseverance Dam.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCouncil will conduct its regular testing regime to determine when the dams can re-open,&#8221; Mayor Antonio said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe appreciate the timing of these closures isn&#8217;t ideal and while we would have preferred to have the facilities open for families over the Christmas period, we simply can\u2019t take any health risks by allowing water-based activities at this time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFortunately, Council\u2019s treatment plant is capable of treating this level of toxin and as such there will be no change to the picnic ground or camping ground sites so community members are welcome to use these facilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCouncil monitors its dams weekly for algae and numerous microbiological parameters including E. coli. We also test chemical parameters such as iron, manganese, alkalinity, hardness, ammonia, nitrate, colour, turbidity and phosphate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe treatment process is also closely monitored daily.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toowoomba Regional Council has closed Cressbrook and Perseverance Dams for water-based activities until further notice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":253743,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22,3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>TRC Closes Two Dams - southburnett.com.au<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Toowoomba Regional Council has closed Cressbrook and Perseverance Dams for water-based activities until further notice.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2020\/12\/23\/trc-closes-two-dams\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"TRC Closes Two Dams - 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