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Lake level will be lowered to 60% capacity

23 Jun 2020

Lowering Ewen Maddock Dam level is scheduled to start next week. Levels will be lowered to 60% capacity and will stay in place until the embankment work is finished. Sign up to our free dam release notification service to receive alerts during the lowering. For more information, read the latest Ewen Maddock Dam e-update.

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