ACTEW Water has posted a series of pictures as the new Cotter Dam fills up and the old dam wall disappears beneath the waters:
The original dam was built in 1915, and the reliable river it is built on, the Cotter, was instrumental in the decision to place the National Capital where it is today.
The [...]

The Independent Competition and Regulatory Commission has proposed a reduction in water prices in the wake of its draft report on regulated water and sewerage services:
If the prices proposed in this review were to come into effect, volumetric water prices would drop by about 17 per cent and sewerage services prices by about 24 [...]

ACTEW Water have announced they’re closing the diversion on the Cotter Dam construction site which means the new dam will start to fill and the old wall is going under.
ACTEW Water’s new Enlarged Cotter Dam will begin impounding water from today.
While this milestone will be welcomed by our previously drought-threatened community, it will mean [...]

ACTEW Water have the cute story of two rare fish making the long an unexpected journey from Bendora to Stromlo:
A rare two-spined Blackfish, which employees from ACTEW Water’s Environment Team have appropriately nicknamed Nemo, will today return home.
The little fish made an epic journey from the Bendora Dam down miles of raw water pipes to [...]

Actew Water have announced the last roller compacted concrete has been laid on the expanded Cotter Dam.
Canberra’s great wall, the Enlarged Cotter Dam is nearing completion, with the final load of Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC) laid in the early hours of Saturday morning.
This is a significant milestone for the ACT and Queanbeyan community who will [...]

Simon Corbell is celebrating what he sees as a big win for Canberra’s water security under yesterday’s Murray Darling Basin Plan:
“The final plan shows that Sustainable Diversion Limits (SDL’s) will not be reduced from 40.5GL to 29GL as was proposed in an earlier draft plan, and this means that Canberrans will continue to enjoy water [...]

The NCA now has a website (http://www.nationalcapital.gov.au/waterquality) where people can check LBG water quality, alerts and closures.  This site may have been around for a while but I have just found it.
The data looks OK, although I often walk around East Basin which supposedly has very low algae concentrations (only 20 cells/mL, compared with Black [...]

The Independent Competition and Regulatory Commission has released a discussion paper on water prices.
• The most significant factor that could affect prices and bills in the next regulatory period would be recovering the revenue shortfall over a five-year period, which would increase prices in 2013–14 by 37 per cent and the bulk of customer bills [...]

Today the Independent Competition and Regulatory Commission has run the numbers on secondary water systems (rainwater tanks, wetlands etc) and come to the same conclusion reached over a century ago, that they don’t make any sense if your primary water system is functional.
Because of this level of security, there is little immediate value to the [...]

ACTEW’s Mark Sullivan has tweeted the big moment where Chief Minister Gallagher turned on the Murrumbidgee to Googong pipeline.
It’s a big deal because, on top of antagonising nutters along the route of the pipeline, we’re now able to buy water out of the Snowy Mountain scheme to fill our reservoirs should the need arise.
Exciting day [...]

The ABC reports on the bill to hand water services back from ActewAGL to Actew Water in an increasingly complicated dance which one can only hope is leading to electricity privatisation (otherwise the whole thing has been insane).
On July 1, Actew Water assumed direct responsibility for the management and operation of the water and sewage [...]

The Independent Competition and Regulatory Commission has announced the release of its draft report on Secondary water use in the ACT and has declared:
‘The ACT has now emerged from one of its worst droughts on record. Based on the major investments that are underway currently and the actions of the ACT community in reducing their [...]

ACTEW have made a statement on the impacts of the floods on the Enlarged Cotter Dam construction site which so spectacularly overflowed at the start of March.
Basically work is going to start again on 5 May, much earlier than anticipated and the whole business has cost ACTEW $17 million of which they’re insured for roughly [...]

ActewAGL customers in Franklin and Mitchell may experience some discolouration of the water supply from Thursday 26 April 2012 until Saturday 28 April 2012 due to essential maintenance to the water network.
It is difficult to predict which properties the discoloured water may reach, however the discolouration will clear with normal water use.
If the discolouration is [...]

ACTEW have the good news that things aren’t as bad as feared on the flooded Cotter Dam Expansion and they’re going to be back to laying concrete next month:
We now expect to be placing concrete again for the new wall in May rather than in August, as earlier thought. This is a great result and [...]

Actew’s movie makers have been busy with the footage from the flood event and now there’s five minutes of aquatic goodness which the ACT’s paying for one way or another.
They posted it with this note:
The extraordinary rainfall and flooding at the beginning of March 2012 has had a signifcant impact at the Enlarged Cotter Dam [...]

Devil_n_Disquiz has sent in this picture of water and windmills at Lake George.
Got an image of Canberra you want to share with the world? Email it to images@the-riotact.com .

The ABC are crunching the numbers out at the Cotter Dam Expansion.
The budget for the Cotter dam enlargement project is set to blow out to more than $400 million.
The ACT Government has revealed the cost of the project rose by $33.5 million to almost $379 million, before floodwaters inundated the construction site earlier this [...]

The Liberals’ Vicki Dunne is asking some hard questions about what’s going on at the Cotter Dam expanstion:
Today it has been revealed that $315.7 million has already been spent on the Cotter Dam, before the impacts of the March floods are even taken into account. ACT Shadow Nature Conservation and Water Minister Vicki Dunne [...]

The Independent Competition and Regulatory Commission has issued a discussion paper as they mull over what to do with the price of water in an ACT now awash with water (which means drought cannot be far away)
As I write now, I can record that the drought that resulted in reduced inflows to the dams and [...]

While i am currently away from our “beloved” city. Social networking keeps telling me that
“They’ve heated the tap and fountain water at civic center in order to bolster sales of bottle water. ”
In reference to both DFO and Canberra centre, from my understanding its been quite hot so hot water in the pipes makes sense [...]

Following from this morning’s unveilling of another draft Murray Darling Basin plan the Greens Shane Rattenbury is notably miffed that there are no painful lifestyle adjustments required by the people of Canberra.
But fear not, Shane has a plan for inflicting more pain on ourselves so we may feel righteous:
“People in Canberra want to help save [...]

The Murray Darling Basin Authority has bravely published a new draft plan on water use in our part of the world.
“Our plan is flexible and will allow us to monitor and adapt. It’s a plan that will achieve important environmental objectives and is a pathway forward that allows us all to continue to learn [...]

The Independent Competition and Regulatory Commission has put out an issues paper asking for your thoughts on recycled water in the ACT and how it should be used.
To get everyone on the same page they’ve also produced a context paper.
Submissions can be sent to icrc@act.gov.au before 5pm, 20 December 2011.

ActewAGL warn they’re doing what must be done to the water in Gungahlin and Harrison.
ActewAGL customers in Gungahlin and Harrison may experience some discolouration of the water supply tomorrow and Wednesday due to essential maintenance to the water network.
It is difficult to predict which properties the discoloured water may reach, however the discolouration will clear [...]

Actew CEO Mark Sullivan has tweeted this moody shot of the Cotter Dam Expansion with this note:
Intake tower as part of the new Cotter Dam looks rather like a flight tower, and will be 65m high – approx 25m to go.

ActewAGL is warning of water discolouration as they go about their work:
ActewAGL customers in Wanniassa, Fadden and Gowrie may experience some discolouration of the water supply this Saturday and Sunday due to essential maintenance to the water network.
It is difficult to predict which properties the discoloured water may reach, however the discolouration will clear with [...]

This warning in from ActewAGL:
ActewAGL customers in Mitchell, Franklin and Harrison may experience some discolouration of the water supply tomorrow and Friday due to essential maintenance to the water network.
It is difficult to predict which properties the discoloured water may reach, however the discolouration will clear with normal water use.
If the discolouration is still apparent [...]

ActewAGL are warning that water in Gungahlin and Harrison might not be up to the usual standard until Wednesday:
Due to essential maintenance to the water network, ActewAGL customers in Gungahlin and Harrison may experience some discolouration of the water supply from today until Wednesday.
It is difficult to predict which properties the discoloured water may [...]

On the ABC radio news this morning, plans by Simon Corbell and ACTEW to allow Canberrans to pay to avoid water restrictions are foolish and shortsighted – and betray an unbelievable lack of understanding about how a community works.
Water restrictions are a sore topic for Canberrans, but we grudgingly comply – ONLY because we [...]

ActewAGL are warning they’ll be disturbing the pipes tomorrow in Gunaghlin and Harrison.
If your water is still distressing by Wednesday afternoon they’d like you to call 13 11 93

ActewAGL are warning that their ongoing maintenance program could see discoloured water in Macarthur, Gilmore and Hume on Monday.
If you’re still having trouble on Tuesday call 13 11 93.