Stage 3 Water Restrictions for Longwood

3 February 2009 

Goulburn Valley Water has announced that Stage 3 Water Restrictions will come into effect for Longwood from Thursday 5^th February 2009 and will continue until further notice.

Goulburn Valley Water’s Managing Director Mr Peter Quinn said that the move to Stage 3 water restrictions is necessary to conserve the water available in Nine Mile Creek Reservoir.

“The increase in water restrictions is due to a combination of high consumption and low inflows,” he said. “The level in Nine Mile Creek, which supplies Longwood, has fallen rapidly over the last 4 weeks and is now holding 13 megalitres.”

“It is important that we increase the water restrictions level from Stage 1 to Stage 3 to conserve all available supplies.”

Mr Quinn said that it is essential that everybody does all they can to minimise water usage under these water restrictions and suggests using grey water from the laundry or shower to help preserve valuable plants.

Some key features of Stage 3 Water Restrictions are:

RESIDENTIAL GARDENS and LAWNS

• Watering of lawns is BANNED

• Garden areas (other than lawn) may be watered by:

o   a manual dripper system between 6am to 8am and 7pm to 9pm on specified days#; or

o   a hand­held hose fitted with a trigger mechanism between 6am to 8am and 7pm to 9pm on specified days; or

o   or an automated dripper system between midnight and 4am on specified days.

Note: No sprinkler systems are allowed.

#Specified Days Sunday and Wednesday for odd-numbered properties, and Saturday and Tuesday for even-numbered and unnumbered properties. 

No watering is permitted on Monday, Thursday and Friday.

Please see our Water Restrictions page for full details on Stage 3 water restrictions or contacting the 24 hour Customer Service Centre on free call 1800 45 45 00.  Breaches of the water restrictions should also be reported to this number.

Authorised By P.A. Quinn, 104-110 Fryers Street Shepparton