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At 8 March 2012, the reservoirs in the Melbourne water collection area were 64.5% full, holding approximately 1,169.1 GL. At the same time in the previous year, these reservoirs were 53.4% full, holding 967.2 GL. Reservoir levels rose by 202.0 GL, or 20.9%, over this period
At 8 March 2012, the reservoirs servicing Canberra, Darwin, Hobart and Sydney were near 100% capacity while Perth had the lowest reservoir levels, at 24.1% full.
Information on reservoir levels is collected, standardised and disseminated by the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM). This information includes the total volume of accessible water stored in public water storage facilities (e.g. dams) with a capacity over one gigalitre (GL) as well the total capacity of water storage facilities in the region (% full).
For more details, including daily updates of reservoir data, go to the BOM website linked above.
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