Seqwater submissions and reports
Seqwater welcomes the opportunity to be part of the Queensland Floods Commission of Inquiry – to tell our story and make an important contribution to its outcome. We have submitted a number of reports and formal submissions to the Commission outlining the role of our dams in, and our management of, the January 2011 Flood Event.
Queensland Floods Commission of Inquiry – Final Report (March 2012)
Please visit the Commission's website to view the Final Report.
Seqwater Closing submission (March 2012)
Please visit the Commission's website to view Seqwater's Closing submission.
Queensland Floods Commission of Inquiry – Interim Report (1 August 2011)
Please visit the Commission's website to view the Interim Report.
Queensland Floods Commission of Inquiry – Review of Hydraulic Modelling Final Report (28 July 2011)
View the final report from the Commission's independent expert, Mark Babister – Review of Hydraulic Modelling.
Queensland Floods Commission of Inquiry – Response to Submissions to "Review of Hydraulic Modelling" Report (3 February 2012)
View the supplementary report from the Commission's independent expert, Mark Babister – Response to Submissions to "Review of Hydraulic Modelling" Report.
January 2011 Flood Event – Report on the operation of Somerset Dam and Wivenhoe Dam (2 March 2011)
- Full Report - including appendices [PDF, 24M]
- Report - no appendices [PDF, 5.2M]
- Appendix 1 [PDF, 1.1M]
- Appendix 2 [PDF, 1.6M]
- Appendix 3 [PDF, 12M]
- Appendix 4 [PDF, 4.4M]
January 2011 Flood Event – Report on the operation of North Pine Dam (11 March 2011)
Queensland Floods Commission of Inquiry – Independent Expert Reports
Independent expert reviews of Seqwater’s flood event reports
Queensland Floods Commission of Inquiry - Seqwater Submissions
- Opening Submission by Seqwater (11 March 2011) [PDF, 3.5M]
- Supplementary Submission by Seqwater (4 April 2011) [PDF, 2.6M]
Queensland Floods Commission of Inquiry – Seqwater Statements
- To view Seqwater statements to the Commission please visit www.floodcommission.qld.gov.au/hearings/statements.
Manuals of Operational Procedures for Flood Mitigation
- Manual of Operational Procedures for Flood Mitigation at Wivenhoe Dam and Somerset Dam Revision 10 (PDF 4MB) – Updated in November 2012
- Manual of Operational Procedures for Flood Mitigation at North Pine Dam Revision 7 [PDF 1.3MB] – Updated in October 2012
Independent review of Seqwater's Flood Event Report
The Department of Energy and Water Supply commissioned an independent review of Seqwater's final Flood Event Report. This review was jointly undertaken by the United States Department of the Interior: Bureau of Reclamation and the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
The review is available on the Department's website.
