SunWater says it is still releasing more than 200,000 megalitres of water each day as floodwaters continue to flow into Beardmore Dam in southern Queensland.

WATER restrictions are set to be eased and hand-held hoses again allowed with Toowoomba’s bulk water supply surging to a three-year high this week.

The combined level of Brisbane’s three main dams has reached 93.8 per cent.

The Queensland Water Commission (QWC) says restrictions will remain in the state’s south-east even though the region’s dams are more than 80 per cent full.

The biggest flood in 120 years is heading towards the town of St George in south-west Queensland.

Residents in Queensland are preparing for further flooding, with several regions in the south-east still under threat.

COUNCIL is investigating the possibility of obtaining water from South Burnett Regional Council to obtain a supplementary water supply for Yarraman township.

Authorities have begun a controlled release of water from a major dam in Queensland’s southern inland.

The Toowoomba Regional Council in southern Queensland says it will not pass on any increases in the cost of maintaining the new water pipeline.

Four years after Toowoomba residents won a battle over the introduction of recycled sewage in their water supply, today a pipeline which will pump purified wastewater into the town’s system was opened.

THE assurance of Toowoomba’s water supply by the Wivenhoe Dam pipeline has left nursery owner Peter Coroneos gushing with confidence.

Queensland Premier Anna Bligh is expected to officially commission the Toowoomba pipeline today.

MEMBER for Lockyer Ian Rickuss has called on the Queensland Government to divert recycled water from a water treatment plant to farms in the Lockyer Valley.

Toowoomba Regional Council has adopted a new set of water restrictions yesterday to coincide with the flow of Wivenhoe water.

A DEAL is expected to be sealed between the State Government and Toowoomba Regional Council tomorrow which will stop water increases over the next three years.

The Maranoa regional Mayor says a deal with a mining company could solve Roma’s water problems.

HIGHFIELDS water looks bad at the moment, but is safe to drink according to Toowoomba Regional Council director of water services Kevin Flanagan.

The Mayor of the Western Downs council says small inflows into the region’s waterways should not be made available to irrigators.

Fluoridation of Toowoomba’s water supply will not take place until March.

A DECISION on what Toowoomba ratepayers would have to pay for the water that will flow through the Wivenhoe Pipeline was imminent, Premier Bligh said yesterday.