As Snowy Hydro ramps up production amid power crisis, nearby farmers fear discharge flooding

Kevin Malone's family has farmed on the verdant banks of the Tumut River in southern New South Wales for 170 years, but he is deeply concerned that legacy is at risk due to the current management of the waterway.

Blowering has almost reached full capacity due to recent heavy rain, but in order for Snowy Hydro to make power out of Tumut 3 Power Station it has to pump water that ends up in the reservoir. "It is possible Blowering Reservoir will fill and spill, potentially exceeding the Tumut River channel capacity," Snowy Hydro said."There is potential for the inundation of low-level causeways and water breaking out of the river channel onto agricultural land adjacent to the river.""If they're going to increase the flows out of Blowering Dam we're going to get flooded.

There was minor spill out of the dam last year following months of rain in the region but in 2010 there was extensive flooding following dam releases, which is what Mr Malone fears will happen again."We'll be severely impacted trying to run our dairy cows to pasture and to try and access feed that we have located on our flats. There's going to be huge pasture derogation, fencing issues," he said.

The forecast fluctuations in the river's levels coincides with the imminent start of the new irrigation season — when water is released from the dam to help water crops in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area in the state's south-west.

BS story Snowy Hydro 2.0 is a stored hydro system and generates no new power, it uses power to pay back power and add to the cost to consumer. Proven fact. And this to smooth an erratic grid management

Water is life. ABC love their fear porn.

Thanks to no dams Greens

MelindaHayter romysteph ABC should show the public the real power generation data of Snowy auspol Matt_KeanMP

In 2021, Australia produced 74,679 gigawatt-hours of renewable energy, which accounted for 32.5% of electricity production. Australia produced 378.7 PJ of overall renewable energy (including renewable electricity) in 2018, which accounted for 6.2% of Australia's total energy use

Farmers fear everything

Who can blame them with the poor management over the years. Have those responsible been stood down, or still running the show? It's frightening that no matter what damage government workers do they never lose their job. In the private sector you'd lose your job immediately.

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