Water consumption in South East Queensland has declined markedly since Level 5 restrictions were introduced last month.
According to Queensland Water Commission statistics released yesterday, the region has saved 19 litres per person every day.
Usage has dropped from an average of 171 litres per person per day on April 10 to 152 litres.
The figures indicate South East Queensland will reach the Level 5 target of 140 litres per person per day at the end of June.
Water consumption fell slightly from last week, when the region used an average of 155 litres per person per day.
Queensland Water Commission spokesman Gerald Tooth said the small saving still represented a major effort across the region.
"That reduction represents a saving of 9 million kilolitres saved over the week, " he said.
South East Queensland's 12 councils used 577 million litres of water this week, down from 586 million litres last week.
"Since the introduction of Level 5 restrictions on April 10 the community has made a huge effort to bring down consumption," he said.
"But of course there is still a long way to go to reach our target."
SEQ Water this week announced they would be halting major water releases from North Pine Dam.
There was also the first confirmation of design faults in pipes ordered from South Korea for the Western Corridor Recycled Water program.
Premier Peter Beattie and Infrastructure Minister Anna Bligh said the state could access a three-month stockpile of pipes from alternative suppliers before any delays would be experienced.
Dam levels in the South East Queensland network stands at 18.78 per cent of capacity, with Wivenhoe Dam at 16.66 per cent, Somerset Dam at 28.03 per cent and North Pine dam at 13.92 per cent.
The Queensland Water Commission has earmarked reducing shower times to four minutes as the main way of cutting water use.
Others include doing one less load of washing a week - saving 50 to 95 litres a load - or turning off the tap while shaving, saving nine litres a minute.
According to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Brisbane City received 7.4 mm of rainfall last week and had an average maximum temperature of 26.5 degrees Celsius.
