Qld: Southeast Qld dams still short of 60 per cent

AAP General News (Australia)
04-17-2009
Qld: Southeast Qld dams still short of 60 per cent

BRISBANE, April 17 AAP - Recent rainfall has left southeast Queensland dams agonisingly
short of the 60 per cent mark that would mean a break in the region's prolonged drought.

Water stored in southeast Queensland's dams currently stands at 59.05 per cent of capacity,
just short of the 60 per cent figure required for premier Anna Bligh to officially call
an end to the drought.

A spokesman for SEQ Water told ABC radio there were some inflows on Thursday night,
but not as large as in recent days, including the Easter long weekend which brought rainfall
of up to 200mm in some Sunshine Coast areas.

"Compared to this time yesterday, we've gone up 0.2 per cent, so we're now over 59
per cent," the spokesman said.

"But I think we can say that those inflows we've had from the recent rain are really
starting to fall away quite rapidly.

"If it does come, it will come in a trickle."

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