24 February 2011 - After the Floods - Erosion and Sediment Observations and Rehabilitation Planning
Recent floods across 75% of Queensland have been described as the worst natural disaster Australia has seen. Queenslanders did themselves proud with the community spirit and resilience shown in the wake of this devastation and substantial progress has been made in restoring homes and infrastructure. Now is the time to start to gain an appreciation of the impacts on the natural environment, plan to rehabilitate/restore and look for lessons that can be learnt from the floods.
| Date: | Thursday 24 February 2011 |
| Where: | South Stradbroke Room, Holiday Inn, 159 Roma Street, Brisbane |
| Time: | 9am - 12 noon |
The Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand (SEQ Division) held a forum to:
- Discuss the flood impacts from a hydrology perspective;
- Investigate where the sediment is going and the impacts it might have;
- Identify options for repairing the erosion and sediment damage; and
- Recognise the lessons that can be learnt from these floods to plan for better erosion and sediment control.
EIANZ-SEQ bought together speakers with practical and first hand knowledge of the floods and their impacts.
To download the presentations, click on the speaker name below.
Greg Hausler – Greg is a Principal Surface Water Engineer with RPS with over 35 years experience including water resources management, hydrologic investigations and water resources modeling of many of Queensland’s river basins. Greg has been engaged post flood by a number of insurance companies to undertake hydrologic investigations and report causes of water damage to numerous flood-affected properties in areas such as Grantham and the Lockyer Valley, Chinchilla, Dalby and Warwick. Greg will be providing a “ground zero” assessment of the hydrological impacts of the floods.
Piet Filet – Piet leads a science and monitoring program for the South East Queensland (SEQ) Healthy Waterways Partnership. Piet is eager to ensure that the organisation’s Partners have access to robust scientific information that will effectively guide management decisions regarding the restoration of waterway health. Recently, Piet worked with WWF in the Great Barrier Reef region to create innovative, research-based reforms for rural practices through partnerships with farmers.
Grant Witheridge – Grant is the Principal of Catchments and Creeks Pty Ltd and is one of Australia’s foremost experts in erosion and sediment control. Grant is best known for his Soil Erosion and Sediment Control – Engineering Guidelines for Queensland Construction Sites and the recently updated version Best Practice Erosion and Sediment Control. Grant will talk about some of the misleading information presented about the floods and provide practical methods for repairing/rehabilitating the erosion and associated sedimentation caused by the floods and giving insights into what can be learnt from the floods to enable us to better manage floods and their impacts on waterways.
This forum was aimed at State Government Officers, Local Government Officers, infrastructure managers/operators, consultants, mining/gas companies, civil contractors and developers.
Image courtesy of Healthy Waterways.
Event Flyer (104Kb)- Grant Witheridge (2.37Mb)
- Greg Hausler (2.6Mb)
- Piet Filet (4.16Mb)
