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Fred Haigh Dam – spill event

Posted on by Julian Murphy

Update 2 – 6 December 2022, 1.40pm

Fred Haigh Dam is 101% capacity and the volume of excess water flowing over the spillway is decreasing.

If downstream of the dam, expect increased river flows and remember if it’s flooded, forget it.

An update will be issued if further rainfall in the catchment cause flows to increase.

Stay informed by:

-downloading the Sunwater’s app

-checking Bundaberg LDMG’s Disaster Dashboard disaster.bundaberg.qld.gov.au/ for emergency news, road closures, and power outages

-tuning into ABC Radio 100.1FM

-monitoring forecasts and river levels at www.bom.gov.au

-checking the dam’s level at bit.ly/FredHaighStorageLevels

Update 1 – 1 December 2022, 4.30pm

Fred Haigh Dam is 101.2% capacity and spilling excess water.

If downstream of the dam, expect increased river flows and remember if it’s flooded, forget it.

Stay informed by:

  • downloading the Sunwater app
  • following Sunwater on Facebook and Twitter 
  • checking Bundaberg Regional Council Disaster Dashboard http://disaster.bundaberg.qld.gov.au/ for emergency news, road and crossing closures and power outages
  • tuning into ABC local Radio
  • monitoring forecasts and river levels at bom.gov.au

checking the dam’s level at bit.ly/FredHaighStorageLevels