Say NO to Raising Flooding of the …Into this Warragamba Blue Mountains 1/Write a letter, say that: ##You oppose the raising of the Warragamba Dam wall by Raising 14m ##You want the NSW Government to adopt a solution that uses the current dam for flood mitigation, has no additional impacts and ensures floodplain management downstream Warragamba prevents urban sprawl across the floodplain ##Temporary flooding of the World Heritage listed wilderness national parks, and the loss of half the nationally endan- Dam gered Camden White Gum forest is unacceptable and send to: ☛☛The Hon. Gladys Berejiklian, Premier of NSW, Parliament House, NSW, Sydney 2000 WillWill Turn This turn … ☛☛The Hon. Luke Foley, Opposition Leader, Parliament House, NSW, Sydney 2000 2/Support The Kowmung Campaign to World Heritage… save the Blue Mountains rivers • Sign up on our website to receive updates and meeting notices. • Like our Facebook page #dontraisethedam • Help with future events

Upper Coxs Arm of Lake Burragorang, Photo: The Kowmung Collection The Kowmung Photo: Burragorang, of Lake Arm Upper Coxs • Give this brochure to a friend For more information: The Colong Foundation, Level 2, 332 Pitt St, Sydney, 2000. Major Impacts [email protected] | Ph: 02 9261 2400 • Buries scenic valley floors with Join the Kowmung Campaign Name: ______sediment. Address:______• Death of native vegetation and ______P/code:______Email:______weed invasion. Phone:______• Destruction of animal habitat. Donation: ❏ $200 ❏ $100 ❏ $50 ❏ $20 ❏ Other $______Send this form and payment to the above address. • Creates kilometres of ugly ✂ Other payment details are at ‘moonscape’ valleys. dontraisethedam.com • Pollutes Sydney’s drinking water. Produced by the Colong Foundation for Wilderness Ltd Printed by Breakout Design and Print Lower Coxs River, Photo: A. Cox A. Photo: River, Coxs Lower Raising Warragamba Dam Wall Adverse Impacts Fragments and degrades two World Heritage The dam wall has already been raised and a spillway • listed wilderness national parks constructed to make the dam safe from any flood. • Degrades world famous scenery of the southern What is proposed now would increase the dam’s Blue Mountains storage capacity by another 50% or enough storage • Reduces rare biodiversity, including 40% of the to fill Sydney Harbour twice. Nationally Threatened Camden White Gum forest 14 Metre Spillway causes the most damage • Aboriginal cultural heritage destroyed A higher spillway will hold all small and medium • Loss of classic bushwalking areas, historic campsites drowned and access restricted floods behind the dam wall for several weeks. The • Further urban sprawl on the floodplain and submerged vegetation will die, leaving a scarred degradation to the Hawkesbury-Nepean River landscape of silt and dead trees to be infested by weeds after the waters subside. Damage to Rivers Above the Dam Famous Blue Mountains World Heritage listed wild Major Streams Damage from raising spillway 14m rivers will be ruined. The denuded area shown Kowmung River 5 km below is revealed when water levels in the dam are Coxs River 7 km low. Raising the dam wall will push this tidemark Nattai River 5.5 km of degradation many kilometres upstream into Kedumba River 7.5 km spectacular wilderness valleys. Wollondilly River 8.5 km Warragamba Dam already provides flood mitigation. Other streams 32 km With smarter use and no new storage capacity, TOTAL 65.5 km floodwater could be better managed. Raising the Kowmung River – a unique wild river dam wall ignores this potential and is a waste of $700

Map Allchin A. by Bushwalkers are drawn to the pristine Kowmung million. River, a wild river that has inspired generations of A future government could easily use the raised dam Would you flood this valley? walkers. wall to hold water permanently and increase Sydney’s Flowing through the heart of the Kanangra-Boyd water storage. Wilderness, the Kowmung is the most loved wild river in the Blue Mountains. It rises on the Great Dividing Range and meets the Coxs River just before it enters Lake Burragorang. Following concern about the effects of the proposed raising of the dam wall on World Heritage listed rivers, a campaign was established. The better solution is to lower the full supply level for flood mitigation. This provides most of the benefits of the proposed dam wall raising and respects our Coxs River below Full Storage level, Photo: The Kowmung Collection Raising the dam wall will flood the Nattai Wilderness, Photo: H. Gold international obligations to protect World Heritage.