ICOLL Catchments Flash Flood Warning System Scoping Study

Council received grant funding from the Australian Government, through the National Recovery and Resilience Agency’s Preparing Australian Communities Program – Local Stream, to undertake a scoping study for the implementation of a Total Flood Warning System (TFWS) covering three catchments within the Shoalhaven LGA.

 
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  • Project StatusPlanning
  • Last reviewed 28 February 2024

About the project

The three catchment areas are Burrill Lake, Lake Conjola and Tabourie Lake. These catchments are characterised by being exposed to flash flooding and comprising ICOLLs with existing low-lying historic development adjacent to these coastal lakes.

Measures to improve flood warning and response through the implementation of a TFWS were recommended in the individual catchments' Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plans (FRMS&P) to reduce flood impacts and the risk to life within these catchments. This project will be undertaken in accordance with the NSW Flood Prone Land Policy, the NSW Floodplain Development Manual (2005) and in close collaboration with the NSW State Emergency Services (SES), the NSW Department of Planning and Environment (DPE), and other agencies and stakeholders.

Council has engaged a contractor, Manly Hydraulics Laboratory (MHL), to assist with the preparation of the ICOLL Catchments Flash Flood Warning System Scoping Study.

For more information, please visit the Intermittently Closed and Open Lake and Lagoon (ICOLL) Catchments Flash Flood Warning System Scoping Study Get Involved web page.