Council seeks input after floods

Tweed Shire Council is asking for community input into its water and flood management strategies after major flooding in January.

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TWEED Shire Council wants community input into its water and flood management strategies after heavy rains caused major flooding in the shire last month.

The Integrated Water Cycle Management strategy will be reviewed and a Coastal Creeks Floodplain Risk Management study completed.

The IWCM was adopted in December 2006 to define catchment, water resource and urban issues and plan for the future. It must be reviewed every six years.

Community and natural resources director David Oxenham said council needed feedback and priorities on key water issues.

"It takes a long-term and whole-of-catchment approach so these services can be provided to the Tweed community as effectively as possible," Mr Oxenham said.

"Given the amount of work carried out to date, the review will not start with a clean slate.

"Instead, it will analyse the existing foundation, determine any gaps and provide future direction."

The review will be completed by an external consultant with three community consultation phases, the first ends on February 21.

The study on coastal creeks will include areas from South Kingscliff to Wooyung and inland to Burringbar and Mooball.

Community organisations are invited to have their say on emergency response, flood awareness, development controls and river bank treatment projects.

View these documents at tweed.nsw.gov.au or at council offices in Murwillumbah and Tweed Heads.