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Originally Posted by Sharnbrook
Wivenhoe Dam is presently at about 175% of its water storage (supply) capacity, and about 80% of its total design capacity, which includes flood mitigation. Releases at present are 236,000 megalitres per day, which equates to 2.73ML per second. That means that they are releasing Brisbane's total daily consumption every 30 seconds or so.
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To see the data on the dams, Google "SEQWater", or visit these links
http://www.seqwater.com.au/public/home
http://www.seqwater.com.au/public/ca...s/wivenhoe-dam |
Latest update has the following information: "Releases will be reduced slowly throughout the night to track dropping levels. First reduction has been to around 610,000 megalitres per day."
The amount of water that they are releasing is quite astounding, almost difficult to comprehend. That is almost 1/3 of Sydney's Warragamba dam capacity being released every day at that rate.