Glenquarry Cut and Wingecarribee Reservoir |
Glenquarry Cut and discharge control |
Water is released from below this wall, into a pipeline, which runs about 1.5 Km, down to just below Tourist Road, where it empties into Glenquarry Creek.
The discharge point into Doudle's Folly Creek |
Apparently 600 Megalitres per day is discharged through here when the Shoalhaven Transfers are running.
Tunnel mouth (Click to enlarge) |
On the left, you can see the natural creek - Glenquarry Creek, (or "Menzies Creek" as the locals apparently know it). Today, the water levels had lowered to a reasonably mild flow. Over the weekend, it was roaring through here.
Glenquarry Creek gently flows along, and suddenly is joined by the mad rush of the Shoalhaven Transfer waters. |
However, while this part of the Nepean River system was quiet today, the Nepean River was still subject tonight, (at 6:00pm) to a flood warning at Menangle Bridge, approximately 60 Km down stream.
The question is: How irresponsible is it of the SCA to empty 600 Megalitres per day of water into a flooded river system?
The Bulk Water Manager for the SCA, Mr Ian Tanner, today told Bernard Eddy, of the Save Water Alliance that the flood warning for the Nepean had been lifted.
- Firstly, that is incorrect. The warning is still in place. (as at 11:45 pm 18 June 2006)
- Secondly, that warning was in place all over the weekend when these rivers were running at a full flood peak. To add water into these already flooded rivers was reckless, if not negligent. Workers had to help clear farm bridges, just down stream from this point, because driftwood was blocking the pipes underneath the low bridges/fords, causing Doudle's Folly Creek to flood over the farm road, creating a dangerous situation. Even today, they were still hauling away branches of dead willow trees, etc.
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