Dam Release Information

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Contact Water Release Hotline: 1800 613 122

Seqwater call centre:

(07) 3035 5500 Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5.00pm

1800 737 928 After hours and on weekends

Tuesday, 26 February 2013 - Water Release Update

For detailed information on road and crossing closures and other potential impacts, always contact your local council. For river level information, please visit the Bureau of Meteorology’s website, www.bom.gov.au.

The Seqwater Flood Operations Centre was mobilised on Tuesday, 19 February 2013.

As at 7.45am on Tuesday 26 February 2013, the following applies:

Rainfall Outlook

The Bureau of Meteorology has advised that rainfall will likely continue over the catchments for the next 18 to 24 hours.

Somerset Dam is currently at 124% and rising. Releases are currently being made from the dam at a rate of 400 cubic metres per second with releases likely to increase to 650 cubic metres per second this morning.

Wivenhoe Dam is currently at 98.3% and rising. Flood releases are in progress.

Catchment average rainfall in the last 12 hours was 35 millimetres. The current rate of release is 100 cubic metres per second and will increase shortly.

Twin Bridges, Savages Crossing and Colleges Crossing are closed and will remain closed until the rain system clears the dam catchments.

Flows from Lockyer Creek combined with the dam releases will close Burtons Bridge and Kholo Bridge this afternoon. These bridges will remain closed for approximately 7 days.

Please contact your local council for details of road and crossing closures.

North Pine Dam is currently at 97.6%. Releases are currently being made at a rate of 320 cubic metres per second with releases to continue throughout today and tonight.

Young’s Crossing was closed at 2pm yesterday and will remain closed until at least Wednesday morning.

For further information on the closure of Young’s Crossing, please contact Moreton Bay Regional Council.

Leslie Harrison Dam is currently at 99.6%. Releases are currently being made at a rate of 42 cubic metres per second. Tingalpa Creek has broken its banks but releases are being managed to minimise impacts to the Greyhound Club.

Ungated Dams

Due to rainfall in the catchment, the following un-gated dams are currently spilling:

• Atkinson Dam

• Baroon Pocket Dam

• Bill Gunn Dam

• Borumba Dam

• Cedar Pocket Dam

• Lake Clarendon

• Cooloolabin Dam

• Enoggera Dam

• Ewen Maddock Dam

• Gold Creek Dam

• Hinze Dam

• Lake Macdonald

• Lake Manchester

• Little Nerang Dam

• Moogerah Dam

• Nindooinbah Dam

• Sideling Creek Dam

• Wappa Dam

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And here is list of closures.

Recreation facilities - closures and safety UPDATE (Tuesday, 26 February)

Water-based recreation activities

The following Seqwater lakes remain closed to ALL water based activities

Lake Baroon

Lake Borumba

Lake Kurwongbah (Sideling Creek Dam)

Lake Samsonvale (North Pine Dam)

Lake Somerset

The temporary closure of these lakes is a precautionary measure based on inflows into the lakes and potential adverse water quality in the lakes as a result of the current rainfall event.

Water quality samples will be taken as soon as practical, and the lakes will be re-opened as soon as conditions indicate that it is appropriate to do so.

The lakes will remain CLOSED until further notice. Signage will be placed on site, and we will update our website notices accordingly.

Please note that the Eastern boat ramp at Hinze Dam remains closed, pending rectification works on the access road. The Western boat ramp at Hinze Dam is open during normal opening hours (6am to 6pm).

Other Seqwater lakes are currently open, but Seqwater urges caution to all visitors due to changing conditions at the lakes.

Land-based recreation activities

Seqwater recreation areas and camping grounds are currenlty open to visitors, with the exception of the following recreation areas which have been closed:

CLOSED – Lake Somerset – The Spit Recreation Area is closed due to inflows into the lake.

CLOSED – Lake Somerset – Somerset Park camp ground is closed.

CLOSED – Lake Wivenhoe – O'Shea's Crossing recreation area is closed due to dangerous conditions.

CLOSED – Lake Baroon – Martin Williams Nature Walk at the Southern Recreation area and the Lake Baroon section of the Great Walk are both closed due to track damage associated with the recent weather event. Other recreation areas at Lake Baroon are open for land-based recreation activities.

CLOSED – Lake Moogerah - Lower Recreation Area (Reynolds Creek) is closed due to fallen rocks and debris on access road.

CLOSED – Hinze Dam, Eastern Boat Ramp due to damage to access road.

CLOSED – Little Nerang Dam – access road is closed due to storm damage. Will remain closed until further notice.

Wyaralong Dam – Both the Eastern and Western Trail Head recreation areas are open, Mount Joyce Mountain Bike downhill trails open, Mt Joyce Base Camp open

CLOSED – Shoreline Trail due to damage at the Oakey Creek causeway.

Note - the Somerset Park day use area which was closed on Monday, 25 February, was re-opened to the public on Tuesday, 26 February.

Visitors to all Seqwater sites are urged to take precautions and exercise care when visiting due to debris and the possible damage to infrastructure and trees. Visitors should check road conditions before setting off to visit Seqwater lakes and recreation facilities.

Mt Joyce Recreation Park (Wyaralong Dam) - update on recreation facilities (Tuesday, 19 February)

Some designated recreation trails at Mt Joyce Recreation Park, Wyaralong Dam, are currently closed to public use as a result of the extreme weather conditions experienced 26th to 28th January 2013.

Lake Wyaralong has been re-opened to all permitted water-based recreation activites.

The Eastern and Western Trail Head recreation areas are open for day use activities. Please note that the Skills Area and FourCross track at Mt Joyce remain closed due to slope stability issues.

Cheers

Ray