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Panel Event: Australian Rainfall and Runoff – to the extreme!
A 90mins panel discussion with industry experts to address the recent QLD & NSW flooding events and modelling implications.
About
February and March 2022 have seen some of the highest rainfall intensities ever recorded in New South Wales and Queensland, Australia.
These current extreme events are having devastating effects on communities and may have large implications for the Australian water sector going forward.
To gain an understanding of what these implications may be we invite you to join us for a free 90mins discussion event, where a panel of industry experts — aided by detailed analyses of the recent IFD data — will discuss flood modelling and project planning implications, including:
• How the incorporation of current extreme intensities will affect future Intensity-Frequency-Duration (IFD) estimates?
• What is a likely timeframe for current data to be incorporated into usable IFD curves?
• Is it wise for practitioners to manually adjust estimates with frequency analyses in the meantime?
• What were the lessons learned from the 2011 floods and have they been successfully implemented?
• How is the inherent uncertainty in rare rainfall estimation being conveyed to planners?
• How can analyses of current events be used to improve flood resilience?
Please join us for this special 90mins thought-provoking event on 23, March 2022.
**Image courtesy The Guardian
Presenters
Cathie Barton
BMT
Fiona Johnson
UNSW, Sydney
Mark Babister
WMAwater
Bryson Bates
CSIRO
Danny Rose
Floodplain Management Australia
James Weidmann
Water Technology
Krey Price
International Water Training Institute