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Byron Shire Council wants to hear from anyone who experienced flooding during the recent heavy rainfall over the past month.

The information is being collected to help inform flood studies on the Brunswick River, Marshalls Creek and Simpsons Creek catchments.

Council’s infrastructure planning manager Michael King said information being sought includes photographs, location of the flood, water levels and date the flooding occurred.

All information will help inform two major flood studies being undertaken by Byron Shire Council in conjunction with environmental consultants BMT WBM.

If you have any information that you think could be useful, please contact Jo Tinnion, project manager from BMT WBM, on 07 3831 6744 or [email protected] by Friday 2 March 2012.

 

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