Queenslanders Urged to Continue Saving Water

South East Queenslanders are being urged to continue watching their water use over this holiday period despite widespread rainfall in the region.

“We all need to remember the combined dam levels are still at around 20 per cent and sadly there’s been little real benefit to the dams from the rain we’ve had,” said Queensland Water Commission spokesman Gerald Tooth.

“Even though we will see a slight rise in dam levels over the next few days focusing on Target 140 is more important now than ever before.

“With dam levels this low we are a long way from being out of the woods yet and we all need to remain focused on saving every drop.”

Mr Tooth said with many people hosting visitors over the holiday season they should take the opportunity to pass on their water saving habits to people from outside the region.

“If you have visitors over the holidays from outside South East Queensland, tell them about all of the little things you do to save water, like taking short showers,” Mr Tooth said.

“South East Queenslanders should be extremely proud of their performance in 2007 because water use has now averaged less than 140 litres per person per day for more than 7 months.

“The community’s effort over the last year has made us one of the most water efficient urban populations in the developed world.”

“We are asking everyone to keep up the good habits they have developed during the drought because, frankly, we can never go back to the water wasting ways of the past.”