Storage Levels - July 2008
At the end of July, the total volume in the state’s major storages1 was 17.0% of capacity. This is an increase of 2.2% over the month.
Melbourne's storages increased by 1.1% during the month to finish at 30.6% of capacity. Melbourne’s storages are now 5.1% lower than at the same time last year.
Regional water storages increased by 2.3% to finish the month at 15.3% of capacity (1.7% lower than at the same time last year).
The slight recovery in storage volumes is due to decreased winter demand and modest storage inflows throughout July. Despite average rainfall during July, inflows to storages remained below average.
In southern Victoria, the South Gippsland System storages increased by 25.1%, the Ovens System storages increased by 19.5% and Lake Glenmaggie increased by 13.2% over the month.
Storage volumes remain very low in central and northern Victoria.
1The list of Victoria’s major storages has been expanded. The Total Storage Volume and Regional Storages Volume provided from this report onwards cannot be directly compared to those in previously published Monthly Reports.