Welcome to the Gladstone Area Water Board's (GAWB)
Website
On this site you will find information
about GAWB, its commercial operations, its forward
planning for securing reliable water sources for the
region, information about water in the region and
recreational facilities at Awoonga Dam.
You can easily access dam levels, the
Gladstone-Fitzroy Pipeline project and Drought
Management Plan pages using the links below.
Gladstone Fish Health
Scientific Advisory Panel GAWB has submitted a
report to the Queensland
Government's Gladstone Fish
Health Scientific Advisory
Panel.
Click here for a summary of this
report,which documents
actions taken by GAWB in
relation to fish which exited
Lake Awoonga during the 2010/11
spill event.
High Blue-Green Algae
Alert Blue-green algae in lake Awoonga
are currently at High Alert
Level. Exposure to this level of
blue-green algae carries an
increased risk of adverse health
effects. For more
information see
Water
Quality - Blue Green Algae.
2010 Price Review
GAWB is a commercial bulk
supplier of water to the
Gladstone region supplying major
industry and Gladstone Regional
Council (GRC).On 2 July 2010, the Queensland
Competition Authority released
its final report on the
investigation of GAWB's pricing
practices for the 2010 Price
Review. Click here to view further
information.
Awoonga Dam Overflows
On 12
December 2010 Awoonga Dam
spilled for the first time since
it was raised in 2002 and ceased spilling in June 2011.
The water level on
Tuesday 28 December 2010
reached its highest point ever
at 44.160 metres.
The current levels can be viewed
from the links below. Click here to view Boyne River
levels via BOM site Click
here to view Dam Level Page
