2016-07-18 General Committee Meeting - Item 3 - Attachment 1 - Flood Management Plan

Contents   Exectuive Summary................................................................................... 5




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           1.		Introduction................................................................................. 6




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           2.		 Flooding in Noosa........................................................................ 7

           3.		 History of Flooding in Noosa..................................................... 10

           4.		 Flood Management in Noosa..................................................... 13

           5.		 Flood Studies.............................................................................. 15
           5.1		 Noosa River Catchment Flood Studies........................................................ 15
           5.1.1       Noosa River Flood Study ....................................................................................... 15
           5.1.2       Emerging Issues and Concerns for the Noosa River .......................................... 16
           5.1.3       Noosa Daintree Estate............................................................................................. 17
           5.1.4       Ringtail Creek........................................................................................................... 18
           5.1.5       Lake Entrance Boulevard........................................................................................ 18
           5.2		 Kin Kin Creek............................................................................................... 18
           5.3		 Six Mile Creek............................................................................................... 19
           5.3.1       Lake Macdonald....................................................................................................... 19
           5.3.2       Cooroy Creek........................................................................................................... 19
           5.3.3       Cooroora Creek........................................................................................................ 20
           5.4		 Coastal and Storm Tide Studies................................................................... 21
           5.5		 Key initiatives – Flood studies..................................................................... 21

           6.		 Flood Mapping............................................................................ 22
           6.1		 Noosa Planning Scheme Flood Hazard Area............................................... 22
           6.1.1       2016 Planning Scheme Amendment - Flood Hazard Area .............................. 22
           6.2		 2014 Disaster Management Flood Maps ..................................................... 23
           6.3		 Online flood mapping resources.................................................................. 23
           6.4		 GridFlow flood extent estimation................................................................ 23
           6.5		 Key initiatives – Flood mapping.................................................................. 24

           7.		 Flood Records and Survey.......................................................... 25
           7.1		 Historical Flood records .............................................................................. 25
           7.2		 Flood Gauges................................................................................................ 26
           7.2.1       Maximum Height Gauges....................................................................................... 26
           7.2.2       Radio Telemetry Gauges......................................................................................... 26
           7.3		 Flood Studies Survey.................................................................................... 27
           7.3.1       Ground survey.......................................................................................................... 27