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9254 - Lands and Water - WARRAGAMBA DAM SPILLAGE

Jackson, Rose to the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Minister for the Arts, and Minister for Regional Youth representing the Minister for Lands and Water, and Minister for Hospitality and Racing

(1) For each of the following flooding events, how many gigalitres of water spilled over the Warragamba Dam wall?

(a) March 2021?

(b) March 2022?

(c) July 2022?
Answer -
WARRAGAMBA DAM SPILLAGE

(1) Warragamba Dam recorded the following cumulative outflows for these events:

(a) March 2021 – approx. 1,200 gigalitres.

(b) March 2022 – approx. 1,480 gigalitres.

(c) July 2022 – approx. 1,140 gigalitres (noting this is based on discharge to 25 July, as the event is ongoing with dam yet to return to full supply level).

Question asked on 19 July 2022 (session 57-1) and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 786
Answer received on 9 August 2022 and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 801

The Parliament of New South Wales acknowledges and respects the traditional lands of all Aboriginal people, and pays respects to all Elders past and present. We acknowledge the Gadigal people as the traditional custodians of the land on which the Parliament of New South Wales stands.