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Storage Levels - October 2008
At the end of October, the total volume in the state’s major storages1 was 21.3% of capacity. This is a decrease of 0.8% over the month.
Melbourne's storages decreased by 0.7% during the month to finish at 33.8% of capacity. Melbourne’s storages are 5.2% lower than at the same time last year.
Regional water storages decreased by 0.8% to finish the month at 19.6% of capacity.
The poor recovery in storage volumes is due to below average rainfall during the winter/spring period.
Most storage levels across the state remained steady or decreased slightly throughout October.
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 July 2008 onwards cannot be directly compared to those in previously published Monthly Reports