Water restrictions and dam levels

Recycled water sprinklers on Coolum golf course

Water restrictions and dam levels

There are currently no residential or business water restrictions in the Moreton Bay, Sunshine Coast and Noosa regions.

Our combined dam levels have dropped to below 60%, and water restrictions will come into effect when the dam levels are below 50%.

Although there are no current restrictions, please remember water is still a limited and precious resource. We're asking everyone to save water - check out our water-saving tips.

Being water wise helps to minimise unnecessary increases in your bill and reduces your impact on the environment.

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Dam levels

Seqwater manages the dams in our region and is asking South East Queenslanders to start looking at ways to be more water wise as our dam levels are now below 60%. Below are Seqwater's latest media releases:

3 January 2020: SEQ New Year's Resolution - Save water now

11 October 2019: Weekly water security and consumption update

3 September 2019: SEQ asked to be more water wise this Spring

Drought Readiness Factsheet

Seqwater update their dam level information every 24 hours.

View latest dam levels

Kurwongbah - Sideling Creek Dam spilling

South East Queensland drought declarations

On 10 December 2019 the Moreton Bay, Noosa and Sunshine Coast regions were drought-declared.

This announcement, by Minister for Agricultural Industry Development Mark Furner, refers to agricultural water supplies and not our South East Queensland drinking water supply.

Unitywater works very closely with bulk water supplier Seqwater to manage our combined water supply to our communities.

This announcement does not trigger any water restrictions or changes for our customers.

We encourage everyone to use water wisely and restrictions are not expected to be introduced until our combined dam levels reach 50%.

Water-saving tips

Learn more about the SEQ Water Grid

Between 2001 and 2009, South East Queensland experienced a severe drought which became known as the Millennium Drought. The drought highlighted how you can't rely on rain to fall when and where you need it and forced Seqwater to think differently about water supply and water demand. It also exposed the need to improve the region's resilience to drought.

As a result the Queensland Government established the SEQ Water Grid. The grid is a network of bulk water supply pipelines that stretch more than 600 kilometers to enable treated drinking water to be moved around the region. The SEQ Water Grid is connected to the region's major water treatment plants and water supply dams.

Before the SEQ Water Grid communities were reliant on their local dams for water supply. These days, if it does not rain in one area, we can use the grid to transport treated drinking water to other areas that need it. Due to the grid, South East Queensland is better prepared to manage drought and our growing population than ever before.