Water Flow Reporting

The NSW Office of Water, together with State Water Corporation and in consultation with local communities and stakeholders, is managing releases from the Menindee Lakes to the Lower Darling River and Great Darling Anabranch as floods from northern NSW and Queensland pass through the Darling River System.
 

The NSW Office of Water, together with State Water Corporation and in consultation with local communities and stakeholders, is managing releases from the Menindee Lakes to the Lower Darling River and Great Darling Anabranch as floods from northern NSW and Queensland pass through the Darling River System.
 

Heavy rainfall and flooding in northern NSW and Queensland has triggered pre-releases from the Menindee Lakes system for the third time in two years. With the Menindee lakes storage levels already increasing as a result of high flows earlier this summer, there is limited capacity to manage the impending additional flow.

As a...

Report by the NSW Office of Water describing the management of floods in the Barwon Darling River during the period December 2010–April 2011, including the operation of the Menindee Lakes and volumes to the Lower Darling and the Great Darling Anabranch

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Significant flooding events were recorded by the DERM streamflow gauging stations with hydrographers at their busiest across south west region during January, particularly the Condamine/Balonne River and Lower Balonne systems. Record heights were observed in parts of the system including Loudouns Bridge and Cotswold on the Condamine...

The south-west region has continued to receive widespread rainfall during the last week. In the
Eastern Darling Downs the highest rainfall totals were recorded at Jandowae (107mm), Mt.Kynoch (102mm), Cooby Creek Dam (84mm), Clifton (93mm), Cambooya (85mm) and Jondaryan (84mm). In the Western Darling Downs and Maranoa good falls...