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City known for its rum remains knee-deep in problems with water
Thursday March 11, 2021
Bundaberg’s future could depend on two major projects – one intended to hold water in, the other to keep it out.
Damage caused by the 2013 floods in Bundaberg. (AAP Image/Paul Beutel)
Safety concerns at Paradise Dam, near Bundaberg, prompted the State Government to order the dam wall be lowered. While controversial, the work to lower and recap the spillway is almost complete: a 60cm thick crust of concrete has been constructed on the dam wall, finalising a 5.8 metre lowering, with steel anchors reinforcing the dam base.
“These works, based on the advice of…
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