Water restrictions and dam levels

Recycled water sprinklers on Coolum golf course

Water restrictions

There are currently no residential or business water restrictions in South East Queensland.

Although there are no current restrictions, please remember water is still a limited and precious resource. Please use water efficiently - 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. Below are Seqwater's latest media releases:

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

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.