{"id":5147,"date":"2020-02-18T19:51:30","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T19:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=5147"},"modified":"2020-02-18T19:51:30","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T19:51:30","slug":"greater-sydney-water-restrictions-expected-to-be-relaxed-on-1-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/02\/18\/greater-sydney-water-restrictions-expected-to-be-relaxed-on-1-march\/","title":{"rendered":"GREATER SYDNEY WATER RESTRICTIONS EXPECTED TO BE RELAXED ON 1 MARCH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Water restrictions in Greater Sydney are expected to be relaxed to Level 1 on the 1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0of March as Sydney Dam levels reach 80 per cent following recent rainfall.<br \/>\nMinister for Water, Property and Housing Melinda Pavey said Level 2 water restrictions will remain in place for two more weeks to reduce the demand on the water supply network and ensure water quality remains high.<br \/>\n\u201cWe recently experienced the biggest rain event in 20 years, which has impacted the quality of raw water in Greater Sydney\u2019s bushfire affected catchment,\u201d Mrs Pavey said.<br \/>\n\u201cA number of initiatives are in place to ensure the water is safe for use, including extensive testing, filtration and nets to catch debris, but we are allowing an extra two weeks purely as a precautionary measure.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cIt will also give the system time to recover and on the 1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0of March we expect Greater Sydney will revert back to Level 1 water restrictions, subject to water quality assessment by Water NSW and Sydney Water.\u201d<br \/>\nUnder Level 1 water restrictions, residents and businesses are not able to leave hoses running unattended, wash vehicles and buildings with a hose that isn\u2019t fitted with a trigger nozzle,\u00a0or\u00a0use standard sprinklers and watering systems at any time.<br \/>\nMrs Pavey acknowledged people have been patient and applauded their efforts to reduce the amount of water being used annually \u2013 from 200L per person per day in 2017, to 180L today.<br \/>\n\u201cDespite a 26 per cent increase in population, the total demand for drinking water remains lower than it did before mandatory restrictions were introduced in late 2003,\u201d Mrs Pavey said.<br \/>\nFines will still apply for breaches of water restrictions &#8211; $220 for residential breaches and $550 for businesses. Exemptions will be available for non-residential customers with outdoor water use as their core business.<br \/>\nFor a full list of requirements for Level 1 and 2 water restrictions visit: lovewater.sydney<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Water restrictions in Greater Sydney are expected to be relaxed to Level 1 on the 1st\u00a0of March as Sydney Dam levels reach 80 per cent following recent rainfall. Minister for Water, Property and Housing Melinda Pavey said Level 2 water restrictions will remain in place for two more weeks to reduce the demand on the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/02\/18\/greater-sydney-water-restrictions-expected-to-be-relaxed-on-1-march\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;GREATER SYDNEY WATER RESTRICTIONS EXPECTED TO BE RELAXED ON 1 MARCH&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5147\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}