CAR-WASHING and garden hosing will be permitted from midnight tonight under an easing of water restrictions announced by the Queensland Water Commission.
Brisbane residents' daily consumption target will be lifted from 140 to 170 litres a person.
Limited car washing and garden hosing will be allowed from this weekend.
The relaxation from what was known as level six water restrictions to the new "high level" water restrictions was officially gazetted yesterday.
Heavy rain last week pushed the combined capacity of the region's three dams, Wivenhoe, Somerset and North Pine, to just over 40 per cent - the trigger needed to relax level six water restrictions.
Under the relaxed restrictions, residents will be able to bucket-water gardens on any day between 4pm and 8am and use a bucket to clean at anytime.
Between 4pm and 4.30pm on weekends, residents will be able to wash their cars, clean external surfaces and water gardens and plants using a handheld hose
Water commission chief executive John Bradley will hold a media conference in Brisbane at 11am today to explain the changes.
Brisbane residents' daily consumption target will be lifted from 140 to 170 litres a person.
Limited car washing and garden hosing will be allowed from this weekend.
The relaxation from what was known as level six water restrictions to the new "high level" water restrictions was officially gazetted yesterday.
Heavy rain last week pushed the combined capacity of the region's three dams, Wivenhoe, Somerset and North Pine, to just over 40 per cent - the trigger needed to relax level six water restrictions.
Under the relaxed restrictions, residents will be able to bucket-water gardens on any day between 4pm and 8am and use a bucket to clean at anytime.
Between 4pm and 4.30pm on weekends, residents will be able to wash their cars, clean external surfaces and water gardens and plants using a handheld hose
Water commission chief executive John Bradley will hold a media conference in Brisbane at 11am today to explain the changes.