Floodplain
Management Studies and Services
The firm has over 25 years of experience in completing major
floodplain management projects, the majority of which are in
NSW which leads Australia in the development of floodplain
development policy, and the funding and implementation of
floodplain management projects.
Fields of Practice
The particular fields of floodplain management in which the
firm practices comprise:
- flood risk assessment and mapping;
- land use planning and the development of policies to guide development within floodplains;
- computer simulation of flood behaviour;
- advice on flood risks associated with climate change and sea level rise, and the management of those risks;
- community consultation relating to floodplain management problems and their solutions;
- flood damage assessment;
- identification, evaluation and implementation of both structural and non-structural flood mitigation options; and
- emergency management, flood awareness and flood warning.
Floodplain Management Studies
Undertaken
The following are major floodplain
management studies undertaken by Bewshers with
federal, state and local government funding:
Ballina Floodplain Risk Management
Study and Plan (with BMT for Ballina Shire
Council);
Berrima Floodplain Management Study
(Wingecarribee Shire Council);
Billabong Creek Floodplain Management
Study (NSW DLWC and Local Councils)
Blacktown Floodplain Management Study
(Blacktown City Council);
Boundary Creek Floodplain Management Study
(Strathfield Council);
Bowral Floodplain Risk Management Study
(Wingecarribee Shire Council);
Brickfield Creek Floodplain Risk
Management Study (Parramatta City and Baulkham Hills
Shire Councils);
Cabramatta Creek Floodplain Management
Study (Liverpool City and Fairfield City Councils);
Camden Haven Floodplain Management Study
and Plan (Hastings Council);
Carinya Road Floodplain Management Study
and DCP (Bankstown City Council);
Carlingford Floodplain Risk Management
Stud (The Hills Shire Council);
Coffs Creek Floodplain Management Study
and Plan (Coffs Harbour City Council);
Double Bay Floodplain Risk
Management Study and Plan (Woollahra
Municipal Council);
Eastwood and Terrys Creek Floodplain Risk
Management Study and Plan (Ryde City Council);
Fairy and Cabbage Tree Creeks Floodplain
Risk Management Study (Wollongong City Council);
Georges River Floodplain Risk Management
Study and Plan (Fairfield, Bankstown, Liverpool and
Sutherland Councils);
Grafton and Lower Clarence Floodplain Risk
Management Study (Clarence Valley Council);
Gwawley Bay Floodplain Risk Management
Study and Plan (Sutherland Shire Council);
Haslams Creek Floodplain Risk Management
Study and Plan (Auburn Council);
Hawkesbury
Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan (Hawkesbury City Council);
Lower Georges Floodplain Risk Management
Study and Plan (Sutherland Shire Council);
Macquarie Park Floodplain Risk Management
Study and Plan (Ryde City Council);
Metella Road, Toongabbie, Floodplain Risk
Management Study and Plan (Blacktown City Council,
Upper Parramatta River Catchment Trust);
Molong Floodplain Management Study
(Cabonne Council);
Mudgee Floodplain Management Study (Mudgee
Shire Council);
Mullet and Brooks Creeks Floodplain Risk
Management Study (Wollongong City Council);
Narrabri Floodplain Management Study
(Narrabri Council);
Newcastle Integrated Floodplain Risk
Management Studies and Plans (with BMT-WBM
for Newcastle City Council);
North Wentworthville Floodplain Management
Study (Upper Parramatta River Catchment Trust);
Nundle and Woolomin Floodplain Risk
Management Study and Plan (Tamworth Regional
Council);
Paterson River Floodplain Management Study
(Port Stephens and Dungog Councils);
Prospect Creek Floodplain Risk Management
Plan (Review for Fairfield City Council);
Salt Pan Creek
Floodplain Management Study (Bankstown
City Council);
Scone Floodplain Management Study (Scone Shire
Council);
South Creek Floodplain Risk Management
Study and Plan (Liverpool City Council);
Towradgi Creek Floodplain Risk Management
Study and Plan (Wollongong City Council);
Tweed Valley Floodplain Risk
Management Study and Plan (with BMT for
Tweed Shire Council);
Upper Parramatta River Catchment
Floodplain Risk Management Study (Upper Parramatta
River Catchment Trust).
In addition to the above floodplain management studies, the firm has undertaken related emergency management studies for the State Emergency Service (SES), house raising scheme reviews, strategic planning assessments for floodplains, flood risk surveys and various assessments of the flood risks in caravan parks.
Development of Floodplain
Development Policies
One of the most important and effective flood risk reduction
components of the above studies has been the development of
land use planning policies. These have facilitated the
safe and orderly development, and redevelopment, of
floodplains to achieve acceptable levels of flood risk.
Within NSW, the firm has drafted policies or Development Control Plans for the local councils in Wollongong, Eastwood, Mudgee, Berrima, Scone, Liverpool, Sutherland, Ryde, Bankstown, Fairfield, The Hills Shire, Woollahra, Parramatta, Blacktown, Holroyd, Macquarie Park, Auburn, Coffs Harbour, Camden Haven, Dungog, Molong, Paterson and Bowral.