Queensland Dam levels are sitting just over 70 percent of their capacity after a hot summer with and a lack of storms to fill them back up again.
SEQ water says the levels are lower than normal for the time of year due to the lack of rainfall and an increase in consumption of 25 litres per person per day as we tried to escape the heat.
However, they estimate it would require another 12 months without decent rainfall before dams would reach the required 60 percent threshold to trigger water restrictions.