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Exclusive by Western Sydney reporter Kathleen Calderwood. Warragamba Dam Raising Project EIS on public exhibition.

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When Warragamba Dam was built in 1960 it resulted in the flooding of a large proportion of the cultural heritage and dreamtime stories of the Gundungurra people.

. The raised Warragamba Dam wall would mitigate floods by creating airspace in a dedicated flood mitigation zone around 14 metres above the current full water supply level. Visit the project portal and virtual engagement room to review the EIS document interact with explanatory material make submissions and register to attend webinars. As flood water spills into the Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley NSWs plan to.

Plans to raise Warragamba Dam wall could see flood destroy Indigenous artefacts leaked document says. Located about 65 kilometres west of Sydney in a narrow gorge on the Warragamba River Warragamba Dam is one of the largest domestic water supply dams in the world. Warragamba Dam Raising is a project to provide temporary storage capacity for large inflow events into Lake Burragorang to facilitate downstream flood mitigation and includes infrastructure to enable environmental flows.

There have been more than a dozen flood rescues in the last few days with renewed concerns after the spill of the Warragamba Dam. All feasible options to mitigate floods have been assessed and reassessed over the last six years - most recently to inform the environmental impact statement EIS for the proposal. A flood-dominated period is likely to follow this drier cycle.

Warragamba Dam is a heritage-listed dam in the outer South Western Sydney suburb of Warragamba Wollondilly Shire in New South Wales AustraliaIt is a concrete gravity dam which creates Lake Burragorang the primary reservoir for water supply for the city of SydneyThe dam wall is located approximately 65 kilometres 40 mi to the southwest of Sydney central business district near the. This flood mitigation zone behind the wall would capture and temporarily hold back. When Warragamba Dam was built in 1960 it resulted in the flooding of a large proportion of the cultural heritage and dreamtime stories of the Gundungurra people.

Thats what happened in 1998 when an East Coast Low delivered enough rainfall to the large Warragamba Catchment to take Warragamba Dam from 56 percent full to spilling in around two weeks. The storage peaked at 154m above this level. If the dam wall is raised the remaining sites of this story - including Indigenous archeological sites creation waterholes and cave art -.

Now furious victims are questioning if more could have. It is at near capacity and we will be making sure what ever plans for flood response as ready to go NSW Police and Emergency Services. Warragamba Dam nearing capacity as heavy rain and.

Find out how the gates on Warragamba Dam work during floods in this short animation. The gates open automatically after the full supply level is reached and. In such a flood the Warragamba Dam raising would help save lives reduce the number of people needing to evacuate by around 45000 and the number of homes impacted by more than 10000.

The Warragamba Dam is continuing to spill today after receiving another 157mm of rain in the past 24 hours. Even in a long drier period we can still experience a rain event that can cause a flood. By Justine Bourke on 9 April 2021 in Conservation.

If the dam wall is raised the remaining sites of this story - including Indigenous archeological sites creation waterholes and cave art -. Its sending more water flooding into the swollen Hawkesbury-Nepean River. The Environmental Impact Statement EIS for the proposed Warragamba Dam Raising Project for flood mitigation is on public exhibition from the 29 th of September to the 19.

Would a higher wall have prevented Sydney flooding. Created by damming Warragamba River and flooding the Burragorang Valley the storage lake is four times the size of Sydney Harbour and stores around 80 percent of Sydneys water. In Sydneys west Warragamba Dam is now 100 full and set to spill Friday night Regional NSW inland river systems spilling with flooding in dozens of.

Warragamba Dam full water supply level is 11672m AHD. Floods Ignite Raising Warragamba Dam Wall Debate. Flooding in western Sydney shows a plan to raise Warragamba Dam isnt a cure-all solution experts say given no water spilled over the dam wall this weekend but thousands were still told to.

In late March 2021 an extreme rain event on the Australian East Coast caused serious flooding which endangered people and property in many areas including the. Flood height is expressed as metres AHD Australian Height Datum which is. Warragamba Dam spills equivalent of one Sydney Harbour a day The devastating Sydney floods are showing no sign of slowing down.

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