Streams around Mackay are under irrigation pressure and would benefit from Spring rain. Rainfall along the coastal fringe has been far greater than inland areas, but in spite of this many centres across the region received average rainfall. Many creeks and watercourses have continued to run across the region particularly in coastal areas. Farm dams in most districts are full to two thirds full. The Lockyer Valley continues to have low water storages with Bill Gunn Dam and Lake Clarendon at low levels.
All districts now report good to excellent surface water supplies.
Underground supplies have been replenished in some areas but generally it will take considerable rainfall to fully return these reserves to former levels. The middle and lower reaches of the Condamine and the Balonne Rivers runoff volumes improved this month. All areas have adequate supplies of stock water except for Mitchell. The hotter conditions have led to an increased demand for irrigation supplies. Consequently water levels in alluvial and sandstone aquifers are gradually declining.