Dam spills, siren sounds but no one's knocking - Newcastle Herald
by | May 22, 2015
AT 5.58am on Tuesday, April 21, Hunter Water issued a timely warning that upstream of Dungog, Chichester Dam had been placed on "white alert".
With the region being saturated, phone records show the water authority called the NSW SES to ensure the flood "combat agency" received the latest advice about the dam's operations.
Twelve minutes later, the information was relayed by Hunter Water to the NSW Dams Safety Committee.
The dam was spilling, and the "white alert" - the first in an escalating series of three warnings - is intended to be relayed to nearby residents at risk if the dam fails.
Categories
- News (855)
- President Newsletters (13)
- Shop (15)
Recent Posts
Archives
- March 2024 (4)
- February 2024 (4)
- January 2024 (3)
- November 2023 (5)
- October 2023 (4)
- September 2023 (3)
- August 2023 (8)
- July 2023 (2)
- June 2023 (1)
- May 2023 (5)
- April 2023 (7)
- March 2023 (1)
- February 2023 (1)
- January 2023 (4)
- December 2022 (3)
- November 2022 (1)
- October 2022 (5)
- September 2022 (3)
- August 2022 (5)
- July 2022 (3)