Australia: Queensland minister says dam release may not have helped

The Queensland Government has stated that the water released from Wivenhoe Dam, prior to the flooding in Brisbane last month may not have helped the situation. Built across the Brisbane River and forming the artificial lake Wivenhoe was built in response to the 1974 Brisbane flood, as well as to provide water storage for South East Queensland.

"Some of the work that's already been done shows that if you reduce Wivenhoe Dam by certain amounts, modelled against the flooding event we saw last month, it wouldn't have had a noticeable impact" said said Natural Resources Minister Stephen Robertson. "But depending on the type of event you're talking about, different results occur, and that's the modelling that needs to be undertaken.'