Published Resources Details
Conference Paper
- Title
- Environmental studies and effects of the Dartmouth and Lerderderg Dam Projects, Victoria
- In
- Environmental Engineering Conference 1978: 'Environmental Enquiry'
- Imprint
- Institution of Engineers Australia, 1978, pp. 96-103
- ISBN/ISSN
- 0858250934
- Description
[This paper was awarded the John Monash Medal, by the General College Board, 1980.]
- Abstract
The environmental studies completed and still being conducted by the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission of Victoria as part of the planning and implementation of the two dam projects mentioned below are discussed.
Dartmouth Dam on Mitta Mitta River in North-eastern Victoria (River Murray Commission works) Diversion weir on Lerderderg River near Bacchus Marsh (Stage II of the Merrimu Reservoir Project).
Both projects were commenced before environmental impact (or effects) statements become a necessary part of the planning process. However, a comprehensive series of biological studies was undertaken for the Dartmouth Project and an environmental effects statement was prepared prior to the construction of the Lerderderg Diversion Weir. Both environmental studies programmes involve post-construction monitoring which will influence decisions regarding the completion of the destratification installation or the multilevel outlet tower at Dartmouth and, for both projects, will influence the decisions concerning the compensation flows required in the rivers.