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Urban Water Restrictions - May 2009
The following changes to restriction levels occurred in May:
- North East Water introduced Stage 1 restrictions for Benalla from 6 May.
- Goulburn Valley Water relaxed restrictions at Longwood from Stage 3 to Stage 1 from 11 May.
- North East Water introduced Stage 4 restrictions for Bundalong from 13 May.
341 Victorian towns were on restrictions on 31 May 2009. Of these, 67 towns were on Stage 1 restrictions, 48 were on Stage 2, 50 were on Stage 3, 19 on Stage 3a, 105 on Stage 4 with general exemptions and 52 on Stage 4.
Approximately 170 towns were not on water restrictions but were subject to Permanent Water Saving Rules.