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Prompted by an article in the local paper reporting that the catchment level had reached 10% of capacity, i visited the Craig Borne Dam in the Coal River Valley north East of Hobart. What i saw was pretty drastic with a huge shoreline where the water usually was and a boat ramp high and dry. This is the water supply that supplies most of the water for the Coal River Valley irrigation scheme so if it keeps dropping then things could get grim indeed in the on going drought!
Pictured here is the main spillway a long way from being needed!
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Jackie on
Wed, 7th May 2008 6:45 am
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Jim K on
Wed, 7th May 2008 9:30 am
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Greg on
Wed, 7th May 2008 10:24 pm
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Cracked Earth - Hobart Daily on
Tue, 13th May 2008 6:19 pm
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Officially Empty - Hobart Daily on
Sat, 24th Jan 2009 11:40 pm
I hope the water replenishes itself soon – that does look like a drastic drop, if the boat ramp is anything to go by.
There are quite a few places like that over here. Thankfully Texas had a good year last year.
Jackie – me too – right now it just keeps going down and down.
Jim – here is hoping for some rain for us both then 
[...] is another shot from the Craigborne dam i previously featured that is thanks to the drought presently at 10 percent of capacity and [...]
[...] Dam was officially empty. A little over 11 months ago i visited the area and at that time the dam level was at 10% of capacity. Thanks to another year of drought the water level dropped and is now empty. As the water [...]
