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Releases from Wivenhoe Dam raised water levels in the Brisbane River by up to 10 metres during January's flood, a panel of independent hydrologists has found.
Lake Wivenhoe is the body of water maintained behind Wivenhoe Dam wall in southeast Queensland. It is the main water storage for Brisbane as well as much of surrounding southeast Queensland.
THE overwhelming majority of the 5000 homes and businesses signed up for a Brisbane 2011 floods class action now certain to go ahead would not have been inundated if Wivenhoe Dam had been operated ...
AUSTRALIA'S biggest class action could be launched against the Queensland government on the basis of new flood modelling that claims thousands of homes and businesses were needlessly inundated ...
Wivenhoe Dam, completed in 1984, has not met national safety guidelines for large dams since about 2002, despite more than $100 million of expenditure on upgrades.
Early last month, the official inquiry into this year’s floods in Queensland began examining the operations of Wivenhoe Dam and its impact on Brisbane, the state capital. The hearings raised ...
Wivenhoe Farm is an opportunity to acquire a quality land and water package on Wivenhoe Dam in the Brisbane Valley.
The operations manager of Wivenhoe Dam north-west of Brisbane has been called to respond to conflicting evidence at Queensland's floods inquiry.
Australia's largest ever class action is set to start today on behalf of victims of the floods that devastated Brisbane in January 2011. The ABC understands lawyers of affected residents and ...
Victims of the 2011 Queensland Wivenhoe Dam disaster have been awarded $440 million in compensation.
"Instead of letting millions of litres of water flow out to sea to ensure Wivenhoe stays at optimum levels, pipe that water to where it is needed most, to one of Australia's leading agricultural ...
Wivenhoe Dam class action builds steam Litigation funder IMF Australia and law firm Maurice Blackburn are confident they will be able to launch a class action against the Queensland government ...