Water will slowly and strategically be released from Brisbane’s main drinking water supply – Wivenhoe Dam – for four days in the wake of Cyclone Alfred, in a move managers insist will not cause ...

As a result, Seqwater began releasing water from Wivenhoe only on Tuesday evening, after the rains had stopped and the dam level was approaching 90 per cent of the normal water supply level ...

Late on Sunday, 11 of South East Queensland’s 22 ungated dams were overflowing into the rivers and creeks they were built on, as the region received widespread heavy falls. But flood water was ...

Wivenhoe and Somerset dams are likely to open ... “Several ungated dams are spilling excess water. Please stay away from fast flowing or deep water near waterways downstream of the dams.” ...