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Seqwater rainfall and dam level update - 29 June 09

Wivenhoe, Somerset & North Pine dams (Greater Brisbane)

Rainfall across the catchments has resulted in further inflows over the weekend.

Since Friday, the combine storage volume has increased by +1.16% to 76.77%

Wivenhoe is currently 67.15%, Somerset 93.11% and North Pine Dam 100.00%.

Rainfall (last 72 hours):

Dam                Catchment

Wivenhoe                    14mm              22 to 37mm (Cooyar Creek)

Somerset                    22mm              22 to 34mm (West Bellthorpe)

North Pine                   19mm              20 to 28mm (Baxter’s Creek).

 

Baroon Pocket (Sunshine Coast) and Hinze Dam (Gold Coast) both remain at 100% capacity.



Levels at 2 July 09

Dam

Percentage full

Current capacity (ML)

Maximum capacity (ML)

Atkinson Dam

62.39%

18966

30400

Baroon Pocket Dam

100.00%

61000

61000

Bill Gunn Dam

19.52%

1355

6940

Borumba Dam

100.00%

46000

46000

Cedar Pocket dam

100.00%

730

730

Hinze Dam

100.00%

161070

161070

Lake Clarendon

8.62%

2094

24300

Lake Kurwongbah

100.00%

14370

14370

Lake Macdonald

100.00%

8000

8000

Leslie Harrison Dam

100.00%

24800

24800

Maroon Dam

85.02%

37664

44300

Moogerah Dam

49.42%

41361

83700

North Pine Dam

100.00%

214960

214960

Somerset Dam

90.93%

345392

379850

Wivenhoe Dam

68.12%

793796

1165240

Combined (NPD, SOM, WIV)

76.94%

1354148

1760050



Water Storage Status Table as at 02/07/09

Item

Wivenhoe

Somerset

North Pine

Seqwater combined

Change since Friday

+0.528%

-1.3408%

0.000%

+0.060%

Rainfall at dam site 72 hours to 9am (mm)

0

0

0

0 average


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