Water restrictions around corner

CAIRNS residents are running out of time to sprinkle their lawns before water restrictions are enforced.

Copperlode Dam is sitting at a fraction above the 80 per cent capacity mark — the trigger point for Level 1 water restrictions.

A region-wide alert could Min. spend $100. Conditions apply* go out at any moment as the dam level gradually sinks during an unseasonable dry spell for the Far North.

A Cairns Regional Council spokeswoman said authorities were not ready to pull the trigger just yet, but residents would be informed via social media when the inevitable happened.

The dam

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currently has 22,680 megalitres available from a total 37,100-megalitre capacity, with the water sitting at 2.3m below the spillway.

Some hope of avoiding the sprinkler sanctions still remains, with forecasts of up to 25mm rainfall in parts of the region over the coming days.

The Bureau of Meteorology has predicted showers of less than 5mm today south of

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The likelihood of rain increases tomorrow between Cairns and Tully, with the best chance of moisture on Friday and Saturday.

It will be the second time water restrictions have been in place this year — in January, Level 1 sanctions were lifted just in time for Australia Day.

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