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Water, Water everywhere but not a drop to spare! |
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Written by Les Fawkes
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Monday, 20 April 2009 |
An inspection of Baroon Pocket Dam at Maleny on Easter Sunday revealed that the dam is presently overflowing with rain continuing in the catchment area. Baroon Pocket Dam was constructed to provide water for coastal Sunshine Coast residents by the then Caloundra and Maroochy Shire Councils.
In spite of this present abundance of water Sunshine Coast Residents are still on water restrictions even though Baroon Pocket Dam is presently over 100% capacity whilst Gold Coast Residents are not on any restrictions.
Inquiries revealed that since mid- March 2009, about 600 megalitres of drinking water has been transported to the Moreton Bay Regional Council area and some of the northern suburbs of Brisbane via the recently completed Northern Pipeline Interconnector which links the Sunshine Coast to the SEQ water grid.
Once testing is completed the pipeline will take up to 65 megalitres of water from the Sunshine Coast’s dams each day for Brisbane and surrounds. Baroon Pocket Dam’s total capacity is only 61000Ml.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 21 April 2009 )
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Range News 2005 - ON 
