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  2. Water restrictions in Australia - Wikipedia

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    Level 5 water restrictions in Goulburn in 2006. Pejar dam, the water supply for Goulburn in November 2005. Water restrictions have been enacted in many cities and regions in Australia, which is the Earth's driest inhabited continent, [1] in response to chronic water shortages resulting from the widespread drought.

  3. Seqwater - Wikipedia

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    The formation of Seqwater was part of the reform of water supply arrangements by the Queensland Government that commenced in 2007. As part of these reforms an integrated approach to catchment-sourced management across the South East Queensland region was adopted with the expectation that this approach would help to ensure the long term security and sustainability of the region's catchment ...

  4. Lake Clarendon Dam - Wikipedia

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    The Lake Clarendon Dam is a rock and earth-fill embankment dam with an un-gated spillway located off-stream in the locality of Lake Clarendon in the Lockyer Valley Region, South East Queensland, Australia. The main purpose of the dam is for irrigation of the Lockyer Valley. [2] [3] The resultant impounded reservoir is called Lake Clarendon.

  5. North Pine Dam - Wikipedia

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    The North Pine Dam is a mass concrete gravity dam with earth-fill embankments on abutments with a gated spillway across the North Pine River that is located in the South East region of Queensland, Australia. The main purpose of the dam is for supply of potable water for the Moreton Bay region and Brisbane's northern suburbs. [1] [4] The ...

  6. Western Corridor Recycled Water Scheme - Wikipedia

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    The Western Corridor Recycled Water Scheme, a recycled water project, is located in the South East region of Queensland in Australia.The scheme is managed by Seqwater and forms a key part of the SEQ Water Grid constructed by the Queensland Government in response to population growth, climate change and severe drought.

  7. Water security in Australia - Wikipedia

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    Water security in Australia became a major concern in Australia in the late 20th and early 21st century as a result of population growth, recurring severe droughts, effects of climate change on Australia, environmental degradation from reduced environmental flows, competition between competing interests such as grazing, irrigation and urban water supplies, and competition between upstream and ...

  8. List of dams and reservoirs in Australia - Wikipedia

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    The largest reservoir in Tasmania is the 12,359-gigalitre (2,719 × 10 ^ 9 imp gal; 3,265 × 10 ^ 9 US gal) Lake Gordon in the South West region of the state, formed by the Gordon Dam. As of 2015 [update] , 44 per cent of all the dams in Tasmania were constructed for the purpose of generating hydro-electricity .

  9. Six Mile Creek Dam - Wikipedia

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    The Six Mile Creek Dam (more commonly known as Lake MacDonald) is a rock and earth-fill embankment dam with an un-gated spillway across the Six Mile Creek that is located in the South East region of Queensland, Australia. The main purposes of the dam are for potable water supply of the Sunshine Coast region [3] and for recreation. [1] The ...