It's hard to believe, but we've already endured one third of winter, or in South East Queensland 's case that should read we've enjoyed one third of winter.

Looking back at the month of June reveals a few interesting facts.

* Brisbane had it's wettest and warmest June in eight years.

* The city had an average minimum of 12 degrees just above the long term average of 11 degrees. The average maximum was 23 degrees, 2 above the long term figure.

* We recorded 122mm of rain , well above the average 70. The bulk of that fell in just two days on the 2nd and 3rd as an East Coast low moved down from the north and dumped some much needed rain, and while it did impact on the dams, we still fell short of the 40% mark.

The Queensland Water Commission does have a strategy in place when we finally reach 40%.The first stept will be to increase the inividual daily consumption from 140 litres a day to 170 litres.

The big question is when will that happen?

More than likely it won't be over the next few months and that's simply because July and August are historically dry months.

Having said that, the outlook for the next two months in SE Queensland is for a 60% to 70% chance of above average rainfall.

The average rainfall for July is 63mm and 41mm in August.

If the dams are to reach the 40% mark and beyond, we'd need 70 to 100mm over a few days.

Obviously all of that is out of our control, however the Government's projects under way at the moment such as the pipeline water grid that will link water storages and transport water to where it is needed, developing alternative water supplies like desalination and ground water and recycling water will make a huge difference in the near future.

It's easy to say all of these projects should have been completed long ago, but at this point there's no advantage in looking back, the solutions are all in the future.

Combine the current initiatives with our new found attitudes to saving water, apparently we're world champions at that, and our future looks much more positive that recent times.

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