Mayor, Cr Murray Emerson, said he was delighted with the announcement by GWM Water that an allocation of 4000 megalitres of water would be made from Lake Bellfield to Lake Fyans.

The water started flowing into Lake Fyans last week and is expected to continue until March.

Cr Emerson said the allocation would provide Lake Fyans with a much needed boost for the remainder of the summer period.

"We certainly welcome the allocation of water to Lake Fyans, particularly in these current dry conditions," Cr Emerson said.

"It is understood that GWM Water will put water into our water supply for consumption whenever it is needed."

GWM Water decided to allocate the water to Lake Fyans to help improve the water quality of Lake Fyans.

The decision was based around the fact that Lake Fyans is vital to the region's major towns, particularly during dry conditions, as it is used to supply water to both Stawell and Great Western.

Water from Lake Fyans is also the main supply for Ararat, but it also has access to water from Mt Cole Reservoir.

As well as securing the water supply to these townships, the allocation was also a means to 'freshen up' the water in Lake Fyans.

Higher water levels reduce the onset of blue-green algae, which is currently impacting on Lake Lonsdale.

Cr Emerson said council was well aware of the continuing lobby to secure a similar allocation for Lake Lonsdale, particularly by the Lake Lonsdale Action Group.

"There is a difference between the allocation for Lake Fyans and the possibility of a similar allocation being made to Lake Lonsdale," Cr Emerrson said.

"Lake Fyans is a community water storage that feeds towns like Stawell and Great Western.

"When looking at the top up of Lake Toolondo near Horsham, we understand that no authority has an allocation of water available to give to us to put into Lake Lonsdale.

"Having said that though, council will continue the fight and will continue campaigning the minister, as we understand just how important Lake Lonsdale is to the tourism industry.

"It will be a long and ongoing argument, but we will keep at it for sure."

Cr Emerson said council would continue to push the tourism benefits that having water in the region's lakes, such as Fyans and Lonsdale, would bring to the Northern Grampians Shire, when lobbying he minister.

"Having water in Lake Lonsdale would certainly be a great thing for tourism in our region, but it is going to be a long and hard fight to get it," he said.

"However, with the precedent that has been set with the allocation for Toolondo, it may just give us a window of opportunity to secure some water for Lake Lonsdale."

Lake Lonsdale Action Group has called on council to continue lobbying the new Andrews State Government for an allocation of water for Lake Lonsdale.

President Ray Howard said given the allocation of water to Toolondo Reservoir, there was no reason why a similar allocation could not be made to Lonsdale to boost its water level and protect fish stocks.

The group has urged council to immediately lobby the new government to supply enough water into the lake to retain environmental aspects of the lake and to save fish kills.

Lake Lonsdale is currently holding just 2,010 megalitres in storage, which is four per cent of capacity.

Unfortunately, the heavy rain in mid-January did little to improve the water levels in many of the region's storages.

Despite falls of up to 57 millimetres in the space of just five days, authorities reported very little run-off into storages.

Most of the rain fell onto dry catchments and did not produce the run-off that would normally be seen during rainfall events in spring and winter.