28 November 2013

Class action modelling blames Wivenhoe Dam for flooding

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 competently, modelling by US experts shows.

The modelling shows 85 per cent of the properties would not have suffered any inundation in the floods, which were caused by massive releases from the dam.



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