Dam levels

SEQ WATER GRID

The SEQ Water Grid storage is the combined capacity of South East Queensland's drinking water supply dams. These dams are Wivenhoe, Somerset, North Pine, Hinze, Baroon Pocket, Leslie Harrison, Ewen Maddock, Cooloolabin, Sideling Creek, Lake Macdonald, Little Nerang and Wappa.

The Water Grid storage capacity is calculated by dividing the current volume of water stored in the dams by the combined full supply capacity.

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Water Grid
Storage Capacity

0

Capacity
88.0%

Change
-0.2%

last 7 days

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Catchment Average
Rainfall

Rainfall
27.3mm

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Average
Daily Usage

Avg Person
155L

Change
+2L

last 7 days

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Water Grid
Storage Capacity

0

Capacity
88.0%

Change
-0.2%

last 7 days

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DAM LEVELS as at 8:19am, 3 July 2022

The following table provides the latest available information about the region's dams.

Dam levels are updated regularly 24 hours a day. Please note: dam levels are based on automated data which has not been verified.

Click here for updates on gated dam operations and spilling un-gated dams, or sign up for our free Dam Release Notification Service to receive alerts by email, SMS or recorded message to landline, as spilling or gated releases occur.

For information about flood levels, contact your local Council. For information about road impacts, contact Transport and Main Roads. For information about river levels, please see the Bureau of Meteorology website.

Dam	Full supply volume (ML)	Current volume (ML)	% full	Latest observation	Comment
Atkinson View historical dam levels	30, 401 ML	30, 702 ML	101.0%	8:00am 03/07/2022	Dam is spilling
Baroon Pocket View historical dam levels	61, 000 ML	60, 756 ML	99.6%	8:13am 03/07/2022
Bill Gunn (Lake Dyer) View historical dam levels	6, 947 ML	6, 988 ML	100.6%	8:02am 03/07/2022	Dam is spilling
Borumba View historical dam levels	46, 000 ML	46, 361 ML	100.8%	6:00am 03/07/2022	Dam is spilling
Cedar Pocket View historical dam levels	735 ML	749 ML	101.9%	6:57am 03/07/2022	Dam is spilling
Clarendon View historical dam levels	24, 276 ML	24, 337 ML	100.3%	7:07am 03/07/2022	Dam is spilling
Cooloolabin View historical dam levels	8, 183 ML	8, 183 ML	100.0%	6:16am 03/07/2022	Dam is spilling
Enoggera View historical dam levels	4, 262 ML	4, 320 ML	101.4%	6:00am 03/07/2022	Dam is spilling
Ewen Maddock View historical dam levels	16, 587 ML	16, 336 ML	98.5%	8:00am 03/07/2022
Gold Creek View historical dam levels	801 ML	832 ML	103.9%	6:29am 03/07/2022	Dam is spilling
Hinze View historical dam levels	310, 730 ML	311, 613 ML	100.3%	6:30am 03/07/2022	Dam is spilling
Lake Macdonald (Six Mile Creek) View historical dam levels	8, 018 ML	8, 274 ML	103.2%	6:00am 03/07/2022	Dam is spilling
Lake Manchester View historical dam levels	26, 217 ML	26, 324 ML	100.4%	6:12am 03/07/2022	Dam is spilling
Leslie Harrison View historical dam levels	13, 206 ML	13, 121 ML	99.4%	1:38pm 02/07/2022
Little Nerang View historical dam levels	6, 705 ML	6, 220 ML	92.8%	6:00am 03/07/2022
Maroon Maroon Dam is an un-gated dam that operates differently from the other un-gated dams. Instead of flowing over the spillway and safely out of the dam when the dam reaches full supply level, we release water from Maroon Dam through cone valves. More information can be found here. View historical dam levels	44, 319 ML	44, 488 ML	100.4%	8:00am 03/07/2022	Releases occurring
Moogerah View historical dam levels	83, 765 ML	84, 343 ML	100.7%	7:19am 03/07/2022	Dam is spilling
Nindooinbah View historical dam levels	208 ML	237 ML	114.2%	7:30am 03/07/2022	Dam is spilling
North Pine (Lake Samsonvale) On 27 December 2019, Seqwater enacted a Reduced Full Supply Level for North Pine Dam (part of the North Pine Dam Upgrade). The new level equates to a storage percentage of approximately 68% capacity. This new level will remain in place until dam improvement work is completed on North Pine Dam. View historical dam levels	214, 302 ML	145, 854 ML	68.1%	7:20am 03/07/2022
Poona View historical dam levels	655 ML	479 ML	73.1%	8:00am 03/07/2022
Sideling Creek (Lake Kurwongbah) View historical dam levels	14, 192 ML	14, 227 ML	100.2%	1:41pm 02/07/2022	Dam is spilling
Somerset On 6 November 2020, the Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy approved an application by Seqwater to amend the full supply levels for Somerset Dam and Wivenhoe Dam (part of the Somerset Dam Upgrade). These amended levels equate to storage percentages of approximately 80% for Somerset Dam and 90% for Wivenhoe Dam. The amended full supply levels will remain in place until current dam improvement works at Somerset Dam are completed. Seqwater will commence flood releases from Wivenhoe and Somerset dams if storage levels exceed the amended full supply levels as a result of rainfall in the dam catchments. View historical dam levels	379, 849 ML	304, 507 ML	80.2%	8:19am 03/07/2022	Utilising flood storage compartment
Wappa View historical dam levels	4, 694 ML	4, 731 ML	100.8%	6:53am 03/07/2022	Dam is spilling
Wivenhoe On 6 November 2020, the Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy approved an application by Seqwater to amend the full supply levels for Somerset Dam and Wivenhoe Dam (part of the Somerset Dam Upgrade). These amended levels equate to storage percentages of approximately 80% for Somerset Dam and 90% for Wivenhoe Dam. The amended full supply levels will remain in place until current dam improvement works at Somerset Dam are completed. Seqwater will commence flood releases from Wivenhoe and Somerset dams if storage levels exceed the amended full supply levels as a result of rainfall in the dam catchments. View historical dam levels	1, 165, 240 ML	1, 045, 930 ML	89.8%	7:35am 03/07/2022
Wyaralong View historical dam levels	102, 883 ML	103, 612 ML	100.7%	5:15am 03/07/2022	Dam is spilling

101.0%

Atkinson

Last observation: 8:00am 03/07/2022
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Dam is spilling
99.6%

Baroon Pocket

Last observation: 8:13am 03/07/2022
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100.6%

Bill Gunn (Lake Dyer)

Last observation: 8:02am 03/07/2022
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Dam is spilling
100.8%

Borumba

Last observation: 6:00am 03/07/2022
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Dam is spilling
101.9%

Cedar Pocket

Last observation: 6:57am 03/07/2022
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Dam is spilling
100.3%

Clarendon

Last observation: 7:07am 03/07/2022
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Dam is spilling
100.0%

Cooloolabin

Last observation: 6:16am 03/07/2022
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Dam is spilling
101.4%

Enoggera

Last observation: 6:00am 03/07/2022
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Dam is spilling
98.5%

Ewen Maddock

Last observation: 8:00am 03/07/2022
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103.9%

Gold Creek

Last observation: 6:29am 03/07/2022
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Dam is spilling
100.3%

Hinze

Last observation: 6:30am 03/07/2022
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Dam is spilling
103.2%

Lake Macdonald (Six Mile Creek)

Last observation: 6:00am 03/07/2022
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Dam is spilling
100.4%

Lake Manchester

Last observation: 6:12am 03/07/2022
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Dam is spilling
99.4%

Leslie Harrison

Last observation: 1:38pm 02/07/2022
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92.8%

Little Nerang

Last observation: 6:00am 03/07/2022
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100.4%

Maroon

Last observation: 8:00am 03/07/2022
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Releases occurring
100.7%

Moogerah

Last observation: 7:19am 03/07/2022
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Dam is spilling
114.2%

Nindooinbah

Last observation: 7:30am 03/07/2022
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Dam is spilling
68.1%

North Pine (Lake Samsonvale)

Last observation: 7:20am 03/07/2022
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73.1%

Poona

Last observation: 8:00am 03/07/2022
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100.2%

Sideling Creek (Lake Kurwongbah)

Last observation: 1:41pm 02/07/2022
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Dam is spilling
80.2%

Somerset

Last observation: 8:19am 03/07/2022
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Utilising flood storage compartment
100.8%

Wappa

Last observation: 6:53am 03/07/2022
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Dam is spilling
89.8%

Wivenhoe

Last observation: 7:35am 03/07/2022
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100.7%

Wyaralong

Last observation: 5:15am 03/07/2022
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Dam is spilling

Note: Full supply capacity does not include the entire flood storage compartments of Wivenhoe and Somerset dams.

The current flood storage capacity

Dam	Total Flood Storage Volume	Percentage of Flood Storage Volume in use	Percentage of Flood Storage Volume available
Somerset	705, 000 ML	0.2%	99.8%
Wivenhoe	2, 080, 000 ML	0.0%	100.0%

Catchment Average
Rainfall

Rainfall
27.3mm

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RAINFALL as at Saturday, 2 July 2022

The rainfall values reported below are the catchment average rainfall values recorded across Seqwater’s dam catchments, over a 7 day rolling period.

Rainfall values are updated daily.

Please note: rainfall values are based on automated data which has not been verified.

Dam	Current drinking water volume (ML)	% full	Change in volume past 7 days (%)	Catchment average rainfall past 7 days (mm)
Baroon Pocket	60, 756 ML	99.6%	0.0	34.8
Cooloolabin	8, 183 ML	100.0%	+0.8	27.9
Ewen Maddock	16, 336 ML	98.5%	+0.3	23.5
Hinze	311, 613 ML	100.3%	-0.2	25.2
Lake Macdonald (Six Mile Creek)	8, 274 ML	103.2%	+2.0	29.2
Leslie Harrison	13, 121 ML	99.4%	+0.1	26.2
Little Nerang	6, 220 ML	92.8%	-2.7	25.2
North Pine (Lake Samsonvale)	145, 854 ML	68.1%	+0.2	23.5
Sideling Creek (Lake Kurwongbah)	14, 227 ML	100.2%	+0.2	20.9
Somerset	304, 507 ML	80.2%	-2.3	33.3
Wappa	4, 731 ML	100.8%	+0.2	27.9
Wivenhoe	1, 045, 930 ML	89.8%	+0.3	28.5

Average
Daily Usage

Avg Person
155L

Change
+2L

last 7 days

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USAGE as at Wednesday, 15 June 2022

Please note: As of 21 June 2022, the average residential usage information will be updated on a monthly basis. The next update is scheduled to occur on Wednesday 6 July 2022.

Water consumption summary for the 14 day period ending Wednesday, 15 June 2022

Zone	Daily Production (ML)	Daily Per Capita Consumption (L/p/d)	Total Weekly Rainfall (mm)	Average Weekly Max Temperature (°C)
SEQ Service Provider Weekly LPD Report	826	155
City of Gold Coast	163	167	15.0	20.2
Logan City Council	63	147	16.8	20.5
Redland City Council	35	168	12.0	19.4
Unitywater	172	147	10.8	20.6
Urban Utilities	393	154	9.4	20.3

Residential water consumption for similar time last year (14 day period ending 16 June 2021)

Zone	SEQ	City of Gold Coast	Logan City Council	Redland City Council	Unitywater	Urban Utilities
Average daily residential consumption (L/person)	152	166	170	170	146	145

Dam Improvement Program and Reduced Full Supply Level for North Pine Dam, Somerset Dam and Wivenhoe Dam

Seqwater is currently undertaking its Dam Improvement Program.

The program will deliver infrastructure upgrades at a number of Seqwater dams and ensure ongoing safety and security of bulk water supply well into the future.

Whilst the program is underway, Wivenhoe, Somerset and North Pine Dams are operating at a reduced full supply level.

The temporary changes mean Wivenhoe Dam storage will be maintained at 90% full supply level, Somerset Dam 80% fully supply level and North Pine 68% full supply level until upgrades are completed.

The temporary full supply levels mean the SEQ Water Grid at full supply is approximately 88%.