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Forbes - Flood Study

Sinclair Knight Merz was commissioned by Forbes Shire Council to carry out a review of flood levels contained in the Floodplain Management Report and Plan, 1994. This study details the methodology used for the study and the results of the modelling in terms of flood levels and hazard categories. Key elements of this study include:

  • Development of a completely restructured computer flood model,
  • An extensive hydrological review,
  • Compilation of additional survey,
  • Flood levels estimates,
  • Assessment of the implications of the recently released Floodplain Management Manual (2001),
  • Flood hazard categorisations.

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Title Forbes - Flood Study
Publication Date 1 November 2001
Themes Land and Resource Management
Spatial Extent
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
Council/LGA Forbes Shire Council
Author/ Prepared by Sinclair Knight Merz
Publish date 2 July 2019
Update date 2 July 2019
River Basin 412 - Lachlan
Approval State Approved
Submitted for approval 2 July 2019
Submitted by Akhil Sud
Approved 2 July 2019
Approved by dstazic
Identifier 385b51c6-57cc-4dbe-8cb8-0450505e0bb3