NEWater competition - bottled GABwater ...

With dam levels in southeast Queensland dwindling to just 20 per cent of capacity, the region's residents and businesses are today facing some of the toughest water restrictions in the country.

But while Level Five Restrictions have come into effect in the southeast, one shire in the state's southwest says it has so much water it wants to bottle it.

The Diamantina Shire, which includes the towns of Bedourie and Birdsville, is investigating the possibility of drawing water from the Great Artesian Basin to sell on the domestic market.

See - GABwater - SWQ to supply SEQ.