Irrigator dams upstream of Stanthorpe could burst their banks, sending a torrent of water into the southwest Queensland town, the Southern Downs Regional Council warns.

Locals describe it as the "worst drought in living memory" but things are about to get worse in the Queensland town of Stanthorpe with its water supply just weeks from drying up.

The Queensland government grants $370 million to construct a pipeline connecting two towns via Wivenhoe Dam, but it will not extend as far as Stanthorpe — a town that had to truck in drinking ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Warwick. Followed categories will be added to My News. SDRC Environmental Services manager Matthew Fraser has urged residents in the southern part of the shire ...

Sixty year old Stanthorpe Wastewater Treatment Plant to receive massive upgrade, improving flood-prone facility. A 60-year-old crucial piece of the region’s infrastructure will receive a mammoth ...