Rains add 5 months to dam supply - so far ...

Excerpt from Brisbane Times:

Rains add five months to supply

27 August 2007

Heavy rain across south-east Queensland has added almost five months' supply to the region's dams, but is likely to have caused millions of dollars in damage.

SEQWater today said the drought-stricken region's three catchments were expected to increase to a combined 20 per cent capacity late today or overnight following the best winter rainfall in eight years.

Inflows over the weekend, largely into Somerset Dam via the Stanley River, added almost 49,000 megalitres to the combined storages of Wivenhoe, Somerset and North Pine dams.

The current combined capacity of all three dams is currently 19.94 per cent - an increase of three per cent since Friday.

The combined capacity was last at 20 per cent in April.

SEQWater operations manager Rob Drury said the downpours had delivered an extra 4.5 months' supply to the storages.
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