Canberra’s water provider now has the ACT’s bigger reservoirs on stream to meet the needs of the Territory and Queanbeyan as the big heat maintains its grip on the region.
Icon Water’s Owen Gould says the utility turned on the Cotter and Googong Dams this week as levels at the smaller Corin and Bendora Dams dropped, but despite a year of drought and the evaporative power of the sun this week, he says there is plenty of water to supply the region, and firefighters if a major bushfire breaks out.
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