STORAGE: Ben Chifley Dam at The Lagoon.
BATHURST’S main water catchment, the Ben Chifley Dam at The Lagoon, remains at 88 per cent capacity following an extended dry spell.
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With rain forecast for Friday, the dam currently holds more than 26,000 megalitres of water in storage.
Release of water from the dam is averaging 30 megalitres a day.
Consumption of filtered water in Bathurst is averaging 16.7 megalitres a day – the equivalent of 6.7 Olympic size swimming pools – while treated water returned to the Macquarie River is averaging nine megalitres a day.
Bathurst Regional Council conducted its latest capacity readings on Tuesday.
Winburndale Dam is at 80.3 per cent capacity.
