SE Qld Dam levels up & over....

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Apparently Wivenhoe will hit the 100% mark over night. I'm not sure what the protocol is with releasing water the dam upgrade, but a bit of flow downstream will be good tomorrow while a few of us are doing a 12km section downstream.

SEQ Dam levels as of 1 October 2010

Storage Full Supply Capacity (ML)* Current Capacity (ML) % Full     Latest Observation
Atkinson Dam         30,488 25,801 84.6 01/10/2010 07:57AM
Baroon Pocket Dam 61,000 56,720 93.0 01/10/2010 08:30AM
Bill Gunn Dam 6,947 1,372 19.8 01/10/2010 06:00AM
Borumba Dam 45,952 46,251 100.0 01/10/2010 06:00AM
Bromelton Dam 8,210 7,514 91.5 01/10/2010 10:00AM
Cedar Pocket Dam 730 741 100.0 01/10/2010 06:00AM
Clarendon Dam 24,276 4,294 17.7 01/10/2010 06:00AM
Cooloolabin Dam 13,800 13,200 95.7 01/10/2010 06:27AM
Enoggera Dam 4,567 4,562 99.9 01/10/2010 06:04AM
Ewen Maddock Dam 16,587 16,052 96.8 01/10/2010 08:10AM
Gold Creek Dam 801 812 100.0 01/10/2010 05:54AM
Hinze Dam 161,073 145,189 90.1 01/10/2010 08:00AM
Lake Kurwongbah 14,370 13,217 92.0 01/10/2010 07:15AM
Lake Macdonald 8,018 8,181 100.0 01/10/2010 08:11AM
Lake Manchester 26,217 22,368 85.3 01/10/2010 07:57AM
Leslie Harrison Dam 24,868 23,362 93.9 01/10/2010 07:30AM
Little Nerang Dam 6,705 6,149 91.7 01/10/2010 07:00AM
Maroon Dam 44,319 39,587 89.3 01/10/2010 07:10AM
Moogerah Dam 83,765 52,480 62.7 01/10/2010 06:00AM
North Pine Dam 214,302 207,696 96.9 01/10/2010 08:40AM
Somerset Dam 379,849 384,531 100.0 01/10/2010 06:00AM
Wappa Dam 4,694 4,716 100.0 01/10/2010 06:50AM
Wivenhoe Dam 1,165,238 1,161,336 99.7 01/10/2010 06:30AM

 

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They might just keep a bit extra to, but would be good to some flow downstream apart from the regular water supply releases.

Either way expect it on the 6 o'clock news!

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Don't worry. There will be plenty of water comind downstream this summer. Everything is indicating a cracker of a year foe rainfall. In a few months everyone will be whinging about too much water instead of not enough

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Actually, this is the first time on 35 years that we've had BOTH a La Nina & its Indian Ocean counter part (can't remember its name) in Australia at the same time. Last time this rare occurance happened was 1974. Ask any one from Darwin about 1974 & you'll get one word, Tracey.

Watch out for a really wet summer.....

fitz..

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If they release some water out of the Wivenhoe "grow out" pond , it should at least load the river up for some cracking fishing!!! The kill it and grill it crowd will then be out in force 

On a positve note , would the recent good/sustained inflows coming down the upper Brisbane be of great timing for the yellowbelly breeding population? They should be having a field day in all that turbid water !!

Cheers,
Dave.

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Actually, this is the first time on 35 years that we've had BOTH a La Nina & ot Indian Ocean counter part (can't remember its name) in Australia at the same time. Last time this rare occurance happened was 1974. Ask any one from Darwin about 1974 & you'll get one word, Tracey.

Watch out for a really wet summer.....

fitz..

Far east fitz ....... keeping my ears to the ground on that ! The big W looked pretty good on the news last night !

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just saw a snippet of a great south east add something to do with the flood gates of summerset dam

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Actually, this is the first time on 35 years that we've had BOTH a La Nina & ot Indian Ocean counter part (can't remember its name) in Australia at the same time. Last time this rare occurance happened was 1974. Ask any one from Darwin about 1974 & you'll get one word, Tracey.

Watch out for a really wet summer.....

fitz..

ask anyone in Brisbane at the start of 1974..Wanda. She was the cause for the building of Wivenhoe. For those that were not here, about 1/3 of Brisbane was inundated and about 15 people died. Not a good time.

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Yeah I remember 74, watched the neighbours swimming pool blowing over their bag fence after it broke!

Large parts of Brissy under water.

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Headed out to Hayes Landing yesterday & the water was just over the bridge, another foot or so & Hayes Landing will be cut off as well

Cheers Andrew

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When are they going to start releasing water from the Wivenhoe sea? The Brisbane River at Twin Bridges was only marginally higher this afternoon (Monday ). The picture below was taken at 5:30pm


Cheers,
Dave.

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When are they going to start releasing water from the Wivenhoe sea?

I'm sure I heard on the news tonight that SEQ Water are going to wait until the dam is 101.5 percent or something like that...Only then will they open the gates.

Cheers

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We had over an inch here in less than an hour tonight. 

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Dale,

        That sort of rain was only on your side of the river. Over in the pocket , it just managed to wet the ground.

Also I forgot to mention someone dropped down the "bridge flooded" signs on both sides of twinnies. Sniffing around the SEQ water site , I found a bit of info saying that they are going to ramp up the releases through the hydro over the next 10 days. Can fish pass through the hydro intake?

Cheers,
Dave.

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Actually, this is the first time on 35 years that we've had BOTH a La Nina & its Indian Ocean counter part (can't remember its name) in Australia at the same time. Last time this rare occurance happened was 1974. Ask any one from Darwin about 1974 & you'll get one word, Tracey.

Watch out for a really wet summer.....

fitz..

Yep the briefing we were given the other day with Red Cross, be prepared for a wet and wild summer, cyclone's the prediction is 5 to 7 with one maybe below the border of NSW/QLD.
Ray