Скачать или смотреть Water to be released from Wivenhoe Dam ahead of looming wet season

Water from south-east Queensland's largest dam will be released for a two-week period in a bid to prepare the state for the looming wet season.

Key points:

The state government will reduce the cost of water bills for all homes connected to the south-east Queensland water grid

The discount will apply to water bills before December and will be fully rolled out by March

SEQWater will begin the release of water from Wivenhoe Dam from Saturday

SEQWater will begin the release of water from Wivenhoe Dam from Saturday.

It is expected 116,000 megalitres of water from the dam will be released with the water storage level to be reduced from 90 per cent to 80 per cent.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said it was an early move to increase flood mitigation capacity at the dam to prepare for the "worst-case scenario" in the upcoming wet season.

"It is being done safely and in a controlled manner and it is being done to ensure we are on the front foot after the crucial BOM [Bureau of Meteorology] advice," she said.

"We've all seen what has been happening with devastating flooding in New South Wales and Victoria.

"Tasmania is about to experience a significant flood event.

"We must be ready for the worst."