Flood Mapping Now Available

New flood mapping is now available for the Reconnecting River Country Program. The program seeks to deliver environmental water through rivers and creeks in the region. Landholders are encouraged to view the interactive maps to understand their risk of flooding under the various flows proposed by the NSW Government. 

The maps will help provide communities with more information on the likely benefits and implications of the different flow options 15,000, 25,000, 30,000 and 40,000 megalitres per day downstream of Yarrawonga.

Two types of interactive maps are available:   

• general maps, which show estimated inundation for the program area, and  
• property-scale maps, which include information on property boundaries, aerial imagery and property-scale inundation.   

The maps were developed using comprehensive hydraulic modelling. This was checked against satellite imagery and/or aerial photography during high flow events (natural and dam release) in the region over recent years.  

Landholder and stakeholder feedback will now play a vital role in ground truthing and finalising the inundation mapping and flow options, in the next phase of the program.  

Local height examples under the different flow scenarios in megalitres per day are shown in the tables below.

To view the interactive maps, visit the NSW Government's Reconnecting River Country Virtual Room. More maps will be added as they are finalised.