In a finding in the NSW Supreme Court , the judge has ruled negligence in the professional management and handling of water releases from the Wivenhoe Dam in SEQ in 2011. Without the benefit of modelling data , surely it was inevitable that there would be flooding downstream anyway given the events that unfolded over that week or so. I guess the question is to what level the flooding could have been mitigated and how does the court rule on individual cases . For example if a place goes under by 1m or 2m of inundation , wouldn't the damage and repair costs be similar ?
Hindsight is a wonderful thing as is time , neither of which anyone had the benefit of at that time imo.
