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Water level recording for Gosford City
15-04-2009 12:00 AM
Gosford City Council has commenced the first stage of installations of Automatic Rainfall and Water Level Recorders within the Gosford LGA.
Jointly funded by the New South Wales and Federal Governments, the first stage will cost $180,000 and will assist in the preparation of future flood studies and catchment analysis.
The first stage of installations is to be placed next to rivers and creeks at Kariong, Kincumber, Erina, Wamberal and Woy Woy and will continually record and transmit information collected on both rainfall and river level heights.
The project is a result from a 2007 study by Manly Hydraulics Laboratory into the provision of a comprehensive data collection system, to aid in the future preparation of hydrographical studies.
Mayor of Gosford City, Clr Chris Holstein, believes that the study is a step forward in flood management issues for Gosford City.
"Collating hydrologic data for the future study of flood and catchment analysis, is a great movement towards effective natural disaster management on a larger scale for the Central Coast," said Clr Holstein.
It is expected that a first trial of the system will be undertaken later this month with Stage 2 of the installations to follow soon after.