QLD wanted to drain over a year’s worth of water from Wivenhoe dam
Releasing up to 413 days’ worth of water supply from a key south-east Queensland dam last summer was actively considered by the state following devastating floods, internal documents reveal.
Follow-up advice from Wivenhoe Dam’s operator on the ultimate call to only forgo about 139 days’ supply, reducing levels from 90 to 80 per cent of full drinking supply capacity, was only sought three days before that decision.