Safety resources for dam owners

Guidelines

Guideline for failure impact assessment of water dams (2018) (PDF, 2.2MB)

Dam safety management guideline (2020) (PDF, 1.3MB)

Guidelines on safety assessments for referable dams (2023) (PDF, 1.7MB)

Emergency action plan for referable dam guideline (2023) (PDF, 1.8MB)

Links

The Australian National Committee on Large Dams (ANCOLD)

Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES)

Seqwater

Seqwater publications (including flood mitigation manuals for gated dams)

Sunwater

Disaster management in your local area – Get Ready Queensland

District Disaster Management Groups (DDMG) map (PDF, 545KB)

Disaster management in Queensland

Read about the Department of Regional Development, Manufacturing and Water's role as the regulator

Publications

Small dam safety (2020) (PDF, 5.2MB)