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South-east Queensland Water Supply Strategy Environmental Assessment of Logan/Albert and Mary Catchment Development Scenarios FINAL DRAFT Study Team Dr Sandra Brizga, S. Brizga & Associates Pty Ltd (Study Coordinator) Professor Angela Arthington, Griffith University Mr Pat Condina, Pat Condina and Associates Ms Marilyn Connell, Tiaro Plants Associate Professor Rod Connolly, Griffith University Mr Neil Craigie, Neil M. Craigie Pty Ltd Dr Mark Kennard, Griffith University Mr Robert Kenyon, CSIRO Mr Stephen Mackay, Griffith University Mr Robert McCosker, Landmax Pty Ltd Ms Vivienne McNeil, Department of Natural Resources, Mines & Water Logan/Albert and Mary Catchment Scenarios Environmental Assessments Table of Contents Table of Contents...........................................................................................................2 List of Figures................................................................................................................3 List of Tables .................................................................................................................3 Executive Summary.......................................................................................................6 Scope and Objectives.................................................................................................6 General Overview of Key Issues and Mitigation Options.........................................6 Logan/Albert Catchment Development Scenarios.....................................................7 Mary Catchment Development Scenarios .................................................................9 1 Introduction..........................................................................................................11 1.1 Background, Scope and Objectives .............................................................11 1.2 Methodology................................................................................................16 1.2.1 Study Process.......................................................................................16 1.2.2 Ecological Conservation Values (ECVs) of Proposed Dam Pondages16 1.2.3 Scenario Assessment Methodology .....................................................16 1.2.4 Condition Rating Methodology ...........................................................18 1.2.5 Identification of Mitigation Measures .................................................19 1.3 Report Outline..............................................................................................20 2 General Overview of Issues and Mitigation Options...........................................21 3 Logan/Albert Catchment Development Scenarios...............................................60 3.1 Large Tilleys Dam .......................................................................................68 3.1.1 Dam Pondage and Upstream Barrier Effects .......................................68 3.1.2 Downstream Effects on Non-Tidal Reaches........................................79 3.1.3 Downstream Effects on Estuarine Reaches .........................................84 3.2 Small Tilleys Dam + Wyaralong Dam.........................................................89 3.2.1 Dam Pondage and Upstream Barrier Effects – Small Tilleys Dam.....89 3.2.2 Dam Pondage and Upstream Barrier Effects – Wyaralong Dam ......89 3.2.3 Downstream Effects on Non-Tidal Reaches........................................96 3.2.4 Downstream Effects on Estuarine Reaches .........................................98 3.3 Wyaralong Dam + Glendower Dam ............................................................99 3.3.1 Dam Pondage and Upstream Barrier Effects – Wyaralong Dam .......99 3.3.2 Dam Pondage and Upstream Barrier Effects – Glendower Dam .......99 3.3.3 Downstream Effects on Non-Tidal Reaches......................................105 3.3.4 Downstream Effects on Estuarine Reaches and Receiving Waters...108 3.3.5 Mitigation Options for Downstream Effects on the Logan/Albert Estuary 111 4 Mary Catchment Scenarios................................................................................114 4.1 Traveston Dam...........................................................................................122 4.1.1 Dam Pondage and Upstream Barrier Effects .....................................122 4.1.2 Downstream Effects on Non-tidal Reaches .......................................141 4.1.3 Downstream Effects on Estuarine Reaches and the Great Sandy Strait 152 4.2 Mary catchment – Cambroon, Kidaman, Amamoor and Borumba (Raising) Dams Scenario .......................................................................................................157 4.2.1 Dam Pondage and Upstream Barrier Effects – Implications for Condition and Values.........................................................................................157 Final Draft Report_NRW_2.0_rev Page 2 Logan/Albert and Mary Catchment Scenarios Environmental Assessments 4.2.2 Mitigation Options for New/Raised Dams ........................................171 4.2.3 Downstream Effects on Non-tidal Reaches .......................................174 4.2.4 Mitigation Options for Downstream Impacts of Dams......................191 4.2.5 Downstream Effects on Estuarine Reaches and the Great Sandy Strait 194 References..................................................................................................................195 Abbreviations.............................................................................................................198 Appendix A – Storage Curves Appendix B – Further Information on Vallisneria nana Appendix C – Freshwater Fish Species Relevant to the Logan/Albert and Mary Catchment Development Scenarios Appendix D – Further Information on Key Fauna Species of Conservation Significance Appendix E – Regional Ecosystems within Pondage Areas or Buffer Zones of Proposed Mary Catchment Dams List of Figures Figure 1.1 Condition assessment categories ...............................................................18 List of Tables Table 1.1 Key characteristics of new dams and weirs in the Logan/Albert and Mary catchment development scenarios........................................................................12 Table 1.2 Hydrologic modelling scenarios for the Logan/Albert catchment...............14 Table 1.3 Hydrologic modelling scenarios for the Mary catchment ...........................15 Table 1.4 Definition of condition assessment categories............................................19 Table 2.1 Mitigation and compensation options for geomorphological and ecological changes in and upstream of dam pondage areas ..................................................23 Table 2.2 Mitigation and compensation options for geomorphological and ecological changes downstream of dams (non-tidal reaches) ...............................................42 Table 2.3 Mitigation and compensation options for geomorphological and ecological changes downstream of dams (estuarine reaches) ...............................................57 Table 3.1 Comparison of Logan/Albert catchment development scenarios ................62 Table 3.2 REs of conservation significance recorded or likely to occur within pondage areas or buffer zones of proposed Logan/Albert catchment dams.......................70 Table 3.3 Other vertebrate species of special conservation significance in the Logan/Albert catchment.......................................................................................74 Table 3.4 Key mitigation and compensation measures relevant to impoundment and barrier effects of Large Tilleys Dam....................................................................77 Table 3.5 Key mitigation and compensation measures relevant to downstream effects of the Large Tilleys Dam scenario on non-tidal reaches of the Logan River......83 Table 3.6 Key mitigation and compensation measures relevant to downstream effects of the Large Tilleys Dam scenario on the Logan/Albert estuary.........................88 Final Draft Report_NRW_2.0_rev Page 3 Logan/Albert and Mary Catchment Scenarios Environmental Assessments Table 3.7 Key mitigation and compensation measures relevant to impoundment and barrier effects of Wyaralong Dam .......................................................................94 Table 3.8 Key mitigation and compensation measures relevant to downstream effects of the Small Tilleys Dam + Wyaralong Dam scenario on non-tidal reaches of the Logan River and Teviot Brook ............................................................................97 Table 3.9 Key mitigation and compensation measures relevant to impoundment and barrier effects of Glendower Dam .....................................................................104 Table 3.10 Key mitigation and compensation measures relevant to downstream effects of the Wyaralong Dam + Glendower Dam scenario on non-tidal reaches of Teviot Brook and the Logan and Albert Rivers.................................................106 Table 3.11 Key mitigation and compensation measures relevant to downstream effects of the Wyaralong Dam + Glendower Dam scenario on the Logan/Albert estuary ............................................................................................................................112 Table 4.1 Comparison of Mary catchment development scenarios...........................117 Table 4.2 REs of conservation significance recorded or likely to occur within pondage areas or buffer zones of proposed Mary catchment dams..................................126