Water will be released this week from Brisbane's Wivenhoe Dam in case of flooding this summer. The dam is currently at 80 per cent of drinking water capacity and will be reduced to 75 per cent.

Editorial: Wivenhoe Dam operators made right call Whether they just got lucky or their reliance on the manual paid off, our dam operators appear to have made all the right calls, writes the editor.

Editorial: Wivenhoe Dam operators made right call Whether they just got lucky or their reliance on the manual paid off, our dam operators appear to have made all the right calls, writes the editor.

Editorial: Wivenhoe Dam operators made right call Whether they just got lucky or their reliance on the manual paid off, our dam operators appear to have made all the right calls, writes the editor.

Followed categories will be added to My News. THE Toowoomba Regional Council will start pumping from Wivenhoe Dam again next month, as the region’s main water sources continue to drop.

SINCE its completion in 1984, the operating rules of Wivenhoe Dam have divided its massive storage into two distinct sections, with approximately 40 per cent of the dam allocated to water storage ...

Wed 18 May 2011 There are four specialist engineers who decide when or if releases should be made at Wivenhoe Dam. (ABC News: Giulio Saggin) ...

THE clearest official acknowledgment that the devastating flood in the Brisbane River was avoidable has been the decision yesterday to let go 25 per cent of the water stored in the Wivenhoe Dam.

Editorial: Wivenhoe Dam operators made right call Whether they just got lucky or their reliance on the manual paid off, our dam operators appear to have made all the right calls, writes the editor.

The whole point of Wivenhoe’s 155-page flood manual is to provide detailed guidance for the dam’s decision-makers rather than being captive to the whim of politicians.

The whole point of Wivenhoe’s 155-page flood manual is to provide detailed guidance for the dam’s decision-makers rather than being captive to the whim of politicians.

Editorial: Wivenhoe Dam operators made right call Whether they just got lucky or their reliance on the manual paid off, our dam operators appear to have made all the right calls, writes the editor.