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Wivenhoe Dam is primarily designed for drinking water supply to Brisbane, Ipswich, and surrounding areas, as well as flood protection for Brisbane. The 2022 floods would have been significantly worse if it were not for Wivenhoe Dam, with the dam also being ~56% full prior to the huge inflow. [31]
The 2022 south eastern Australia floods are a series of floods that have occurred in south-eastern Australia [nb 1] since October 2022. [6] Some towns experienced the highest river peaks in decades, [7] and many places saw rivers peak multiple times. The floods were attributed to excess torrential rain caused by La Niña and a negative Indian ...
1893 Brisbane flood Flooding in Newcastle in 2007 Queensland 2010-2011 floods. ... March 2022 Eastern Australia floods: South East Queensland, NSW 4 [39] [40] July 2022
Queensland floods or Brisbane floods may refer to: March 2010 Queensland floods; 2010–2011 Queensland floods; January 2012 floods; January 2013 eastern Australia floods; see Cyclone Oswald; 2021 eastern Australia floods; 2022 eastern Australia floods
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More information; see: 2022 eastern Australia floods A blocking high at the end of the month brought record breaking rain for Eastern Australia. 677mm fell in Brisbane in 3 days from the 28th breaking the old 3 day rainfall record of 600.4mm in 1974 [4] Brisbane recorded its highest February rainfall on record recording 887mm.
This time the floods reached 10.7 metres (35 ft) above normal at Maryborough. [9] At Gympie a peak of 20.3 metres (67 ft) was recorded. [9] In 2022, Gympie experienced a flood which peaked at 22.9 metres (75 ft). It was the second-largest recorded flood event for the river. [8]
The dam was designed as a response to the floods that damaged Brisbane in 1974. [2] Built in the late 1970s – early 1980s as a multifunction facility by a consortium of construction companies including Thiess Brothers , Wivenhoe Dam provides a safe water supply to the people of Brisbane and adjacent regions.