{"id":356046,"date":"2024-12-13T12:44:11","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T02:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=356046"},"modified":"2024-12-13T12:44:11","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T02:44:11","slug":"bp-dam-begins-spilling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2024\/12\/13\/bp-dam-begins-spilling\/","title":{"rendered":"BP Dam Begins Spilling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>December 13, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sunwater&#8217;s two major dams in the South Burnett &#8211; Boondooma and Bjelke-Petersen &#8211; are now both officially full!<\/p>\n<p>Sunwater issued a \u201cstay informed\u201d warning about BP Dam on Friday morning as it is now spilling excess water into Barker Creek.<\/p>\n<p>However, water flows were expected to remain within the beds and banks of the creek.<\/p>\n<p>Boondooma Dam is still also spilling into the Boyne River.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related article: <a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2024\/12\/12\/boondooma-dam-spilling\/\">Boondooma Dam Spilling<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #006699;\"><strong>Sunwater Advice<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>What you should do\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Decide what you will do if flooding starts<\/li>\n<li>Do not enter floodwater, rivers or creeks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Stay informed\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stay informed because conditions could change rapidly:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Monitor\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/storagelevels.sunwater.com.au\/win\/reports\/win_storages.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Bjelke-Petersen Dam levels<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Tune in to ABC Wide Bay 100.1 FM<\/li>\n<li>Check local updates, road closures and evacuation information at\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/dashboard.southburnett.qld.gov.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">South Burnett Regional Council<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Monitor\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bom.gov.au\/cgi-bin\/wrap_fwo.pl?IDQ60288.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">river and rainfall conditions<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0or visit\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bom.gov.au\/qld\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.bom.gov.au\/qld<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Call Triple Zero (000) if your life is in danger<\/li>\n<li>For flood help, call the SES on 132-500 or download the SES Assistance Qld app<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunwater&#8217;s two major dams in the South Burnett &#8211; Boondooma and Bjelke-Petersen &#8211; are now both officially full!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":356047,"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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