Southeast Engineering and Environmental (Southeast) were engaged by Goulburn Mulwaree Council (Council) to review the 1986 and 2003 flood studies prepared for Goulburn in light of the age of the studies and two recent and significant flood events in 2010 and 2012.

Southeast were also engaged to help Council initiate development of a flood warning scheme firstly by identification of a network of rain and river gauges (in consultation with the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM)) and then secondly by creating look-up tables which would help translate real time or predicted rain into estimates of flood heights and exceedance probability in Goulburn.