NSW: Goulburn dam dry for first time

AAP General News (Australia)
04-21-2006
NSW: Goulburn dam dry for first time

The main dam which services the New South Wales city of Goulburn is officially empty
.. for the first time in its 25-year history.

After six consecutive years of below average rainfall .. the Pejar Dam .. which has
a capacity of nine thousand megalitres .. now holds just three megalitres.

The Goulburn Mulwaree Council says while the news isn't great .. things have been worse.

Water supply for Goulburn is now at 30.5 per cent of capacity .. but last year it dropped
to just 20 per cent of capacity.

With the city's two other water sources .. the Sooley Dam and Rossi Weir .. both about
90 per cent full .. Goulburn has enough water for 17 months.

The council says it's been in a much worse position during the current drought.

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