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Originally Posted by iceman
Warragamba Dam only got something like 40mm, 10x less than what parts of the coast received.
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Yeah, Mike, it's a crying shame. I live about 10Km north of the spillways and my weather station and 'standard' rain gauge received about 135mm over the two days. None of the run-off will benefit Sydney residents as it all enters the Nepean/Hawkesbury system from the 'wrong side' of the dam.
I suppose that it could be argued that reducing the outflow from such sources will damage the downstream ecology - in particular the off shore areas. No water flow, no run-off to provide natural nutrients to the salt water marine life. Dunno, I don't claim to be an expert in the subject.