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Snowy Hydro tops up floods with environmental flow : Comments

By Jennifer Marohasy, published 1/2/2011

What is it with water bureaucrats that they follow the book, even if it means flooding downstream communities?

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This Thursday evening watch the ABC TV 7.30 Report for more information on this story.

And water is still being released from Lake Eucumbene which remains at less than 30 % full. Lake Eucumbene is central to the Snowy Scheme and could be taking the flood waters and holding them for future years. Lake Eucumbene has the capacity to hold about 9 Sydney Harbours.
Posted by Jennifer, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 10:46:38 PM
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individual

My "direction" is entirely

Guided by Nature

Ah, Enlightenment!

After which, chop wood and carry

Water like before
Posted by Shintaro, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 11:18:43 PM
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Hasbeen

Work out how many dams and generating plants the water from the lake has to go through.

And were they passing the water through?

Then assuming they are all letting the water pass then work out how long it will get to Wagga.

Days or weeks?

Hint multiply the river length by three times the direct distance.

When was the release at peak of floods or days before or after and would it have any effect?

Also do some research on an integrated power and distribution system as turning on your kettle could cause the hydro to start operating.

Jennifer

If they are letting the water out perhaps it is being stored in Blowering as that is where most of the water is kept for irrigation purposes. It may not be flowing into the river system at all.

It appears the water levels are on the increase were 28% on the 1st Jan and now close to 30%.
Posted by PeterA, Wednesday, 2 February 2011 5:38:51 AM
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chop wood,
Shintaro,
Aren't you supposed to hug trees instead of chopping them down. Brown Bobby the Green won't be too pleased with you.
Posted by individual, Wednesday, 2 February 2011 5:40:13 AM
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Because of a blind adherence to a licence that was reworked in the deepest part of the drought, our water authorities have broken the basic rule of water conservation in the Murrumbidgee and Murray river systems.
That rule is very simply: we store and conserve water in times of excess so that we can wisely manage water in the inevitable times of shortage.
What did these people do?
They let water out of Eucumbene on top of a total of three floods, into dams that could not store it, down rivers that were already flooded, through environmental assets that didn't need it and ultimately out the Murray Mouth which was already spewing tens of thousands of mega litres of fresh water every single day.
Can any one see a modicum of common sense in that?
Don't forget that it had been happening for weeks and the average release was between 4000 to 5000 ML per day.
By the way. They are still doing it on the Murray side of the system.
What a senseless waste of an important resource.
Even if it was only 10 ML per day, it is still senselessly wasting water.
It seems that it is actually governments and their stupid infexible rules that are the real wasters of water. You would never catch irrigation farmers and irrigation companies wasting water like this.
Posted by chameleon, Wednesday, 2 February 2011 8:23:25 AM
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Unbelievable. And good on you, Jennifer, for writing it all up, and for your persistence. I'll make a note to watch the '7.30 Report' tonight.

Your question needs to be raised in parliament. In that way, there is an obligation for an official answer to be given.
Posted by byork, Thursday, 3 February 2011 1:50:21 PM
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