QWC gives Gold Coast a wet weekend ...
Excerpt from Brisbane Times:
Water happy Gold Coast granted 'wet weekend'
18 January 2008
Hosing the car, the house and the driveway may be a distant memory for most residents of drought-hit south-east Queensland, but the Gold Coast has been given a reprieve.
Queensland Water Commission chief executive John Bradley has announced a "Wet Weekend" on the Gold Coast, for the weekend of January 26 and 27.
Residents will be able to wash cars, houses and external hard surfaces such as driveways.
The city council will also be allowed to turn beach showers back on, which will remain connected until further notice.
"This is a responsible decision based on analysis showing there will be no impact on the water supply security for south-east Queensland," Mr Bradley said.
"While Hinze Dam is still overflowing this is a chance for people on the Gold Coast to use some of that water outside in a responsible way and wash their cars."
Other areas will continue to observe tough level six water restrictions.
The Gold Coast's last "Wet Weekend" was in 2006 when there were widespread calls for a similar easing in water restrictions in other areas of the south-east.
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ABC News
Water commission tight-lipped about restrictions
Fri Jan 18, 2008
The Queensland Water Commission has remained coy about what level south-east Queensland dams must reach before the tough level six water restrictions are eased.
The Gold Coast is not yet part of the water grid and today the Commission announced residents can wash their cars and homes next weekend and council can again turn on the beach showers.
The commission's CEO, John Bradley, says the Gold Coast will be connected to the grid by mid-March.
"While the Gold Coast dam is currently at 100 per cent, the Wivenhoe system is down around 27 per cent and it's by far the worst water supply situation of any major metropolitan area in Australia," he said.
Gold Coast Mayor Ron Clarke lobbied hard for the easing of restrictions and he says common sense has prevailed.
"We've got enough water here as well as giving 20 megalitres to Logan as we'll be doing from March to last us for another two-and-a-half years through to 2010," he said.
12:18 PM, January 19, 2008
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