Warragamba Dam Raising

To whom it may concern,
I strongly oppose the raising of the Warragamba Dam wall.
The revised EIS does nothing to make a terrible idea better! A higher dam wall just means a greater volume of water behind it. Dams are a means of water storage. Things like weirs and cannals and levis are flood mitigation measures, as well as building homes in other areas. I don't believe that there has been enough consideration of any methods other than raising the dam wall.
Once our precious World Heritage and wildness areas are lost. They are gone! - It's too late then to find a better choice of management! There has not been true consultation over the detrimental consequences to the environment, wildlife, traditional owners concerns; even climate change, air quality, and tourism, - all of which will be negatively impacted with the destruction of this 5,700 hectares of beautiful, pristine bushland. We have lost enough native fauna and flora through bushfires and elements we can't control, without ramming through this destructive project!
As a long-time resident of the Blue Mountains I have enjoyed this wonderful environment with my family, neighbors and friends. Bush-walking, rock climing, picnicing, taking in the breath-taking beauty of the landscape. I constantly hear visitors to the mountains commenting on the beauty, diversity grandure and vastness of the Australian bush which is on show in our area.
Being a 'world heritage' site is an honour and an obligation. We have a responsibility of care. We should be proud and cherish it - not destroy it. And, it would be for nothing because the higher dam wall won't stop water from spilling - a full dam is a full dam, whatever the size, and it will still overflow!
Protect our Blue Mountains National Park for future generations. Do not approve the raising of the Warragamba Dam wall.
Yours sincerely,

To whom it may concern,
I strongly oppose the raising of the Warragamba Dam wall.
The revised EIS does nothing to make a terrible idea better! A higher dam wall just means a greater volume of water behind it. Dams are a means of water storage. Things like weirs and cannals and levis are flood mitigation measures, as well as building homes in other areas. I don't believe that there has been enough consideration of any methods other than raising the dam wall.
Once our precious World Heritage and wildness areas are lost. They are gone! - It's too late then to find a better choice of management! There has not been true consultation over the detrimental consequences to the environment, wildlife, traditional owners concerns; even climate change, air quality, and tourism, - all of which will be negatively impacted with the destruction of this 5,700 hectares of beautiful, pristine bushland. We have lost enough native fauna and flora through bushfires and elements we can't control, without ramming through this destructive project!
As a long-time resident of the Blue Mountains I have enjoyed this wonderful environment with my family, neighbors and friends. Bush-walking, rock climing, picnicing, taking in the breath-taking beauty of the landscape. I constantly hear visitors to the mountains commenting on the beauty, diversity grandure and vastness of the Australian bush which is on show in our area.
Being a 'world heritage' site is an honour and an obligation. We have a responsibility of care. We should be proud and cherish it - not destroy it. And, it would be for nothing because the higher dam wall won't stop water from spilling - a full dam is a full dam, whatever the size, and it will still overflow!
Protect our Blue Mountains National Park for future generations. Do not approve the raising of the Warragamba Dam wall.
Yours sincerely,

To whom it may concern,
I strongly oppose the raising of the Warragamba wall This will destroy aboriginal heritage, which there is little left in this area Also the Blue Mountains National Park should not lose any land area

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To whom it may concern,
throughout this project, I strongly recommend prioritising the protection of natural environment and wildlife.
Please consider harvesting our water surpluses to mitigate future water shortages.
Yours sincerely,

To whom it may concern,
I fully oppose the raising of the warragaba dam wall as the reason given to raise of the wall are greatly flawed, it does not solve the issues and the EIS ignores or downplays the disasterous and permanent effects it would cause. This comes at great tax payer expense and ruin to world heritage listed areas animals and environment. It is neither sensible, logical, nor reasonable to do this.
The raising of the wall does not solve the issue of flooding in the area. Indeed in the last flood the area was already flooded when the overflow started which could have been managed better if it had been planned. The prevention of water overflow from the dam can be managed other ways such as lowering the water level in advance by controlled release works just as well.
It does not address the root cause which is allowing building on flood plains, which can only expect a poor outcome in doing so. It has been a flood plai n for a long time and will always be a flood plain. Prevention of such building would be a sensible choice.
Extra security of water supply is not addressed as after flood events only a small layer of water in the dam is suitable for drinking. That layer and amount of water does not change regardless of wall height. Therefore this reason is not valid.

Yours sincerely,

To whom it may concern,
Blue Mountains is a unique area, a world heritage area. Raising the dam wall will not stop flooding because Glenbrook Gorge alone can carry enough water in heavy rain periods to cause flooding downstream, then you have the Grose rivers huge flood volume as well as numerous smaller water ways. Development on land that is still a flood plain no matter what happens with Sam wall is wanted by greedy land developers just to make money. You can bet your life they don’t live anywhere near the flood plain

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I oppose the raising of the Warragamba Dam wall. It is expensive. Money could be better spent relocating people worst affected by flooding on the flood plains. It is unnecessary. It will not solve the problem of flooding down river. Flood levels will be only marginally lower in major floods. It will severely affect a large area of World Heritage National Park when under flood. I have a property at Gunderman. The recent floods have flushed the river of years of sediments largely built up in the last 200 years. This natural flushing by a dynamic river will be much reduced if water is released over a longer period.

To whom it may concern,
Raising the Dam will destroy part of Australia's Flora and Fauna. Building on flood plains is a greedy and dangerous idea. We see it already happening. In reports, raising the Dam won't solve the issue. The consequences are far worse then predicted and the gain is very minimal.
Yours sincerely,

To whom it may concern,
I oppose raising the Warragamba dam wall becahse it would destroy sidnificant World Heritage area. The propoal ignores the traditional owners and their heritage. The cost would be money wasted as it would not prevent flooding in the Hawkesbury area. It would encourage more developement on the flood plain which is a recipe for disaster.
Yours sincerely,

To whom it may concern,

I oppose the raising of the Dam wall.
Developer intentions will cause loud & irretrievable ecological damage loss of significant Heritage sites.
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To whom it may concern,
My objection to raising Warragamba dam wall is because of my concern for the environment, first and foremost.
The Blue Mountains heritage area was created for people to enjoy and to keep wild areas easily accessible for that enjoyment. We all need to appreciate nature and have rhe ability to breathe clean air. To balance the soul. There are unique habitat and Protected areas specially important to Aboriginal People. There is great risk in raising the dam wall as already set out in the many submissions already received. You have much evidence to not raise the dam wall, although your decision to ignore advise from many learned people is ignored and you will imperil the whole project. This is not something that can be undone in the future when somebody finally realises the impracticality of such a project. Please listen to the best advice for the future of this area. Please listen to the people who will be affected. They know what the best decision is, if that changes, I am sure they will consult with you to let you know what your actions should be in the future.
Yours sincerely,

To whom it may concern,
World Heritage Sites are disappearing fast enough due to climate change - no additional help is required. There are many other more useful ways to spend the millions that would be required to raise the dam wall. There is no cure-all involved in raising the wall of the dam.
Aboriginal cultural sites are ignored AGAIN. When will the destruction end!
Yours sincerely,

To whom it may concern,
I oppose the raising of the dam height.
Please take this opportunity to look at alternatives instead of raising the dam wall.
Keep the wall the same, protect the over 1500 aboriginal sites, maintain the existing boundaries of the world heritage area, protect the wild rivers, flora and fauna, keep our drinking water up to the same wonderful drinking quality and use a combined more economic approach to flood mitigation which is more effective.
Development on the flood plain should not be allowed as we are seeing ever increasing flood impacts not ever experienced before and hard surfaces will only increase flood risk.
Please listen to my voice, the voice of the indigenous traditional owners, and the many experts and reports which have offered a more economic socially and environmentally effective approach.
Yours sincerely,

To whom it may concern,
Raising the dam wall is not a long term anwer to the floods
Releasing the water from the dam ahead of any major rainfall will reduce the flood damage
We all know with climate change this problem will get worse in the coming years, so we must plan ahead and start to remove the houses and businessess on the flood plain and compensate the owners
If we dont start this process now it will only get worse
Also losing more Sydney area world heritage bushland is not the way to go
Thank you

Yours sincerely,

To whom it may concern,
The revised EIS has all but dismissed the concerns raised in 2,500 community and government agency submissions to the initial EIS in 2021, and in some cases expert submissions were not even addressed. I object to this project.
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To whom it may concern,
I object to raising the dam wall to allow more housing on the flood plains. In some years hence, after the next drought, we will have forgotten all the flooding that is happening now, and then get ourselves in the same position again.
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To whom it may concern,
The raising of the Warragamba dam wall will not prevent flooding. There are many rivers and creeks which flow into the river below the dam and raising the wall would not stop their capacity to flood. Also the intention to build more homes on the flood plain is patently ridiculous. Particularly as the area will still flood. Also for so little gain and so much cost there arebetter solutions. eg provide proper flood proof roads for people to get out of the area when floods threaten. Also for the money being spent you could buy out many people who are on the flood plain and then thy could settle elsewhere. Also the damage that would be caused to the BM National Park, the loss of species, plants ,trees etc. and the flooding of Aboriginal sacred sites. Also this will threaten the standing of the park as a World heritage area. Sure there isa problem with flooding but raising the dam wall has so many downsides and will not provide a solution to the problem.

Yours sincerely,

To whom it may concern,
I am writing to complain about this revised EIS. It ignores the many concerns raised in earlier submissions or the NSW government seeks to render them void through Executive action.
The concerns of property developers should not drive NSW government decision making.
Recent flooding of properties on flood plains should be highly relevant not ignored. Please can we learn from recent history instead of repeating or exacerbating it. Don't rebuild on flood plains. Ideally, Don't build there in the first place.
Please can we preserve the Blue mountains heritage listings not put them at risk.
Please can we show some concern for the wildlife and ecologies that would get flooded.
Please don't put the dollar first.
We are a land of flooding rains. It's time we lived with it instead of trying to control it.
Yours sincerely,

To whom it may concern,
"People before plants" still reverberates in my mind. What a thoughtless & dismissive statement from this Premier. He's not listening to the majority. Destroying pristine areas so Developers can continue their selfish money-driven projects can only end badly.
Experts have already stated that so much of the flooded areas occurred from creeks & rivers further down. No stopping floods when Mother Nature takes control. Here's a thought.. STOP developing floodplains!



Yours sincerely,

To whom it may concern,
Further destruction of the environment cannot be justified to temporarily benefit developers and councils.
if you have too much money to spend, then spend it on moving those who wish to go, to higher ground and to restoring the flood plain.
Yours sincerely,