Flood Warning Infrastructure Network (FWIN)
| Investment | $455,000 |
|---|---|
| Goal | 5.3.2 Document knowledge and experience in emergency management to become a specialist tropical climate leader. |
| Jobs | 10-20 direct jobs |
| Strategic Purpose | To improve Townsville’s flood warning capability which will provide near real-time information to the community. |
| Status | Taggle assets being installed May – June 2022 at various locations across Townsville. |
Townsville City Council, in partnership with the Australian and Queensland Governments, is proud to deliver upgrades to the Flood Warning Infrastructure Network (FWIN) through the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).
The DRFA program provides disaster relief and recovery payments and infrastructure restoration to help communities recover from the effects of a natural disaster.
This project will improve Townsville’s flood warning capability by installing additional flood monitoring infrastructure which provides near real-time information. The FWIN consists of rain gauges, river sensors, and cameras.
Project locations
Rain gauges
- Oak Valley
- Black River
- Horseshoe Bay, Magnetic Island
- Rollingstone
- Alligator Creek
Flood monitoring cameras
- Deeragun
- Allambie Lane, Rasmussen
- Saunders Beach Road
River height sensor towers
- Black River
- Alligator Creek
- Bohle River
Taggle Assets (subject to signal testing results)
- Upper Bluewater Creek
- Rangewood
- Rasmussen
- Upper Ross River and Central Creek Junction
- Mount Louisa
- Pimlico
- Hyde Park
- Nelly Bay
- Sachs Creek
- Antill Creek
- Lansdowne Creek
- Cape Cleveland Road
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This project was developed with the joint support of the Australian Government and Queensland Government in association with Townsville City Council.
