Drought

  • Green drought impacts region

    Farmland across the Colac district might look green at first glance but the soil underneath is bone dry, and the green drought is a concern for anyone involved in the local agriculture industry.

    For farmers, stock agents and business owners, the first half of 2024 has presented the driest autumn and start to winter they have experienced.

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  • Emergency fire bore for district town

    Southern Rural Water has selected Timboon as one of six regional Victorian towns to receive a new emergency fire bore to help residents access water during a crisis.

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  • STAGE THREE: Colac faces tougher water restrictions

    COLAC, Lorne and Apollo Bay will face stage three water restrictions from May 1 as water storages plummet in “unprecedented dry conditions”.

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  • DRYING UP: Reservoir drops to 7.9 per cent

    COLAC and district water storages have continued to drop, with the water system’s largest reservoir, the West Gellibrand, at just 7.9-per-cent capacity.

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  • LEND A HAND: MP pushing for drought relief for region

    WESTERN VICTORIA MP Simon Ramsay says the Colac district is “suffering some of its driest conditions on record” and should receive drought assistance.

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  • RUNNING DRY: Dam levels plummet as drought persists

    COLAC and district’s water storages are at 31-per-cent capacity, less than at the same time of year during the region’s 2007-2008 declared drought.

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  • PARCHED: Lake Colac days from drying up

    LAKE COLAC is days away from completely drying up for the second time since European settlement in Colac 179 years ago.

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  • PARCHED: Dry times force Colac onto water restrictions

    BARWON WATER will place Colac and district residents on stage two water restrictions for the first time in almost three years, as water storages dry out.

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