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Wivenhoe Operations Manual publicly released
« on: January 21, 2011, 01:27:17 PM »
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Thursday, January 20, 2011
Dam Operations Manual released publicly

The Operations Manual used to manage water levels in Wivenhoe and Somerset dams has been made publicly available today.

Minister for Natural Resources, Stephen Robertson, directed the release of the 'Manual of Operational Procedures for Flood Mitigation at Wivenhoe and Somerset Dam' as part of the Queensland Government's commitment to full transparency on matters relating to the Commission of Inquiry announced this week by Premier Anna Bligh.

"As the Premier has said, we want to know that our dams worked as they were supposed to and were operated as best as they technically could be,'' Mr Robertson said.

Mr Robertson said the Operations Manual sets out clear priorities for the strategies to manage water supplies in the dams.

The Operations Manual lists the structural safety of the dam as the highest priority, particularly in extreme weather events where there is the threat of the dam over-topping which could lead to a collapse.

With the structural safety of the dam secure, the next priorities are to protect communities from inundation, minimise disruption to rural life in the valley of the Brisbane and Stanley Rivers, provide full water supply storage after the flood, andminimise impacts to riparian flora and fauna during the drain down phase of the flood event.

The operational procedures outlined in the Operations Manual have been developed and progressively refined over many years, and have been reviewed by Australia's leading water experts.

They include Professor Colin Apelt, Head of Department, Department of Civil Engineering University of Queensland and Chair of the Brisbane City Council flood taskforce; and Mr Eric Lesleighter, Principal Hydraulic Engineer and Chief Engineer Water Resources, Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation.

The Operations Manual in its current form was developed in 1992 and has had six revisions since this time, with the latest review taking place in 2009, and finalised in January 2010.

It is approved by the State's Dam Safety Regulator in accordance with the Water Supply Act 2008. At the request of Seqwater, some sections of the published version Operations Manual have been blacked out for security reasons relating to strategically important infrastructure, Mr Robertson said.

"I acknowledged their concerns to ensure the security of the dams are not compromised by the release of certain operational sections and diagrams contained in the manual.

However I also expect that the Commission of Inquiry may also consider the full release of this material during the course of proceedings," he said.

The 'Manual of Operational Procedures for Flood Mitigation at Wivenhoe and Somerset Dam' can be viewed at www.derm.qld.gov.au<http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/>



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Re: Wivenhoe Operations Manual publicly released
« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2011, 06:09:57 PM »
As far as Government manuals go it is pretty good.
Obviously NOT written by an Engineer!
Simple basic and to the point.

 

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