Derwent Valley Council is undertaking investigations to establish a Stormwater System Management Plan. An important part of this work is to determine flooding behaviour of major watercourses within the Municipal area. 

Your observations of rainfall or water levels during the recent Event of 10-11 May 2018 will assist us with this investigation. 

The following questions have been designed for Council to obtain data and information relevant to the Lachlan River and Sorell Creek catchments.

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* 1. Are your observations for the Sorell Creek catchment or Lachlan River catchment?

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* 2. Do you have rainfall data? Please specify (mm, time recorded and location)
If you have more than one observation or several time based observations during the May Event, please provide details below.

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* 3. Was the water spreading, or flowing slow, medium, fast?

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* 4. Are you aware of items where the water level is easily seen? i.e. debris left on a tree or watermark on a wall..

If you have photos/videos showing debris levels, the depth or spread and flow of water, please email dvcouncil@dvc.tas.gov.au using the title ‘May Flood Event Info Derwent Valley’ in the subject line. Please include a short description for each picture or video specifying a time and/or location.

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