Council has engaged WMAwater to undertake a detailed Flood Study for the town of Brungle and surrounding areas. The Flood Study will give Council a better understanding of the current flood risk to the community and support a range of Council functions including development, planning, community education and mitigation works.

This project is supported by the NSW Government’s Floodplain Management Program which aims to reduce the impacts of flooding and flood liability on individual owners and occupiers and to minimise private and public losses resulting from flooding. Under the Program, local government is responsible for managing flood liable land.

Community Information

Community members are invited to share their past flooding experiences and local knowledge with council to help us better understand localised flood behaviour in and around Brungle in more detail.

We are specifically interested in collecting records of flooding such as photographs of flood marks or observations of flood behaviour you may have witnessed. We're interested in recent floods like March 2012, February 2019, January 2022, October 2022 and November 2022 as well as earlier floods.

How you can Contribute

• Attend our Community Pop-up
  • Wednesday 4 September
  • 12.30pm to 2.30pm
  • Brungle Memorial Hall, 1386 Brungle Road
• Take our Online Survey (below)
• Share your Property Flood Mark photos with us via email info@svc.nsw.gov.au

Aims of the Study

The Brungle Flood Study aims to provide an understanding of the nature and extent of potential flooding from the Brungle Creek, other tributaries of Tumut River (Mainstream flooding) and local stormwater runoff that drains to these waterways (overland flow). The first stage of the Flood Study will collect, compile and review all available information, including valuable community knowledge and experiences of past floods.

As part of the study, computer models will be established to determine flood behaviour in Brungle and its surrounding areas. To ensure the flood models are as accurate as possible, historical data such as observations and photos of flooding behaviour from the community are required.