Draft Clarrie Hall Dam Water Release Policy

Consultation has concluded

Submissions closed - thank you to everyone who provided feedback on the draft policy.

From 19 July to 16 August 2022, we invited the community to review and provide feedback on the draft Clarrie Hall Dam Water Release Policy.

A total of 7 public submissions were received, with 6 received online and one via email. All submissions were supportive of the policy.

As a result of the feedback received, we developed separate educational material to help the community understand the relationship between flooding and the dam. We also rewrote this draft policy in plain language after your feedback.

The finalised policy was adopted at the 27 October 2022 Council meeting.

Background

  • Clarrie Hall Dam was designed for the purposes of water storage for water supply only.
  • It has an uncontrolled spillway. As such, Council cannot regulate or change the flow of water through the spillway, change the Full Supply Level (FSL) of the spillway, or maintain a surcharge above the spillway level.
  • The Dam cannot and will not be operated to release water ahead of rainfall events to provide any form of storage capacity for flood mitigation purposes.


What is the objective of the policy? 

Due to its design and purpose, Clarrie Hall Dam will not be operated to release water ahead of rainfall events to provide any form of storage capacity for flood mitigation purposes.

This Policy seeks to clarify and formalise Council’s operational practices in relation to water releases from Clarrie Hall Dam.


Have your say

In July and August 2022, Council invited residents to have their say on the draft Policy.

We wanted to know:

  • Does the Policy help you understand Council’s operational practices in relation to water releases? If not, how could we improve the policy to make it clearer?
  • What information would you like about Clarrie Hall Dam, the dam operations and current dam levels?

Submissions were invited on this webpage and via post.

Due to no registrations, a Community Information session for the draft policy was cancelled. Residents were invited to speak with Council's Manager Water & Wastewater Operations about the policy via phone meeting or email.

A total of 7 public submissions were received during the exhibition period, with 6 received online and one via email.

It should be noted that in accordance with Council policy and the provisions of the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 – ‘GIPAA,’ confidential information contained within submissions may be released upon a request being made by a third party.

Submissions closed - thank you to everyone who provided feedback on the draft policy.

From 19 July to 16 August 2022, we invited the community to review and provide feedback on the draft Clarrie Hall Dam Water Release Policy.

A total of 7 public submissions were received, with 6 received online and one via email. All submissions were supportive of the policy.

As a result of the feedback received, we developed separate educational material to help the community understand the relationship between flooding and the dam. We also rewrote this draft policy in plain language after your feedback.

The finalised policy was adopted at the 27 October 2022 Council meeting.

Background

  • Clarrie Hall Dam was designed for the purposes of water storage for water supply only.
  • It has an uncontrolled spillway. As such, Council cannot regulate or change the flow of water through the spillway, change the Full Supply Level (FSL) of the spillway, or maintain a surcharge above the spillway level.
  • The Dam cannot and will not be operated to release water ahead of rainfall events to provide any form of storage capacity for flood mitigation purposes.


What is the objective of the policy? 

Due to its design and purpose, Clarrie Hall Dam will not be operated to release water ahead of rainfall events to provide any form of storage capacity for flood mitigation purposes.

This Policy seeks to clarify and formalise Council’s operational practices in relation to water releases from Clarrie Hall Dam.


Have your say

In July and August 2022, Council invited residents to have their say on the draft Policy.

We wanted to know:

  • Does the Policy help you understand Council’s operational practices in relation to water releases? If not, how could we improve the policy to make it clearer?
  • What information would you like about Clarrie Hall Dam, the dam operations and current dam levels?

Submissions were invited on this webpage and via post.

Due to no registrations, a Community Information session for the draft policy was cancelled. Residents were invited to speak with Council's Manager Water & Wastewater Operations about the policy via phone meeting or email.

A total of 7 public submissions were received during the exhibition period, with 6 received online and one via email.

It should be noted that in accordance with Council policy and the provisions of the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 – ‘GIPAA,’ confidential information contained within submissions may be released upon a request being made by a third party.

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