Overland Flow Risk Management Study and Plan for Hurstville, Mortdale and Peakhurst

At Georges River Council we know some parts of the Local Government Area (LGA) are prone to inundation and we are committed to investigating solutions to reduce the impacts of overland flooding. A Floodplain Risk Management Study is being undertaken to develop a long term strategy for managing our flood risk, now and into the future.

In 2016, Georges River Council completed the Overland Flow Flood Study for Hurstville, Mortdale and Peakhurst (Below).The study identified the scale of flood risk by providing information on flood behaviour including extent, level and velocity of floodwaters.

Council engaged specialist flood consultants WMAwater, to undertake a Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan to identify ways to manage flooding and its consequences in the long term.
The current study will build on the information from the Flood Study to further understand the existing and potential future flood risk.

Council is seeking input from the community about the flood risks and impacts they are concerned about and suggestions for how Council could manage this.

Using this feedback, in addition to Council records and our experience, flood risk management options will be identified, assessed and compared.
Actions will be identified that Council, SES and the community can take to improve flood risk.

Council is also looking for interested community members to participate in the preparation of the Plan by joining Council’s Floodplain Risk Management Committee. For more information on this role and applying to become a community representative on the committee please click on ‘Community Representative Nomination’ below, or alternatively download the ‘Community representation nomination information’ and ‘Community representative nomination form’ documents available in the Document library above. Nominations will need to be received by Friday 18th October 2019.

We understand previous community consultation was carried out as part of the Overland Flow Flood Study (SMEC, 2016) and focused on understanding the communities experiences with flooding in the past. The intent of this questionnaire is not to duplicate this consultation but rather expand upon these learnings in order to understand how you would like to see flood risk managed in the study area (Figure 1). We are seeking your input on:

• How you would like to see flood risk managed in the study area,

• Key problem areas where flood risk could be reduced,

• How you would like to receive flood information during and after a flood event, and

• Any other suggestions for ways to manage local catchment flooding.

The following survey is expected to take 10 minutes to complete. We thank you for your time and value your input.