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Flooding occurred in many areas of Queensland during late December 2010 and early January 2011, with three quarters of the state declared a disaster zone. FLOOD OF IDEAS is an initiative of Healthy Waterways and The Edge, State Library of Queensland to gather diverse and creative ideas from the community on how we can better plan for and respond to future floods.

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Everybody drink more water (8 glasses a day)

Everybody drink more water

Flood of Ideas

04 Oct

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- Temp. Structures - Floating houses - Stormwater management - Absorbent Material

Three ideas

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03 Sep

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Dutch house boats on canals are floating on cement pontoons. Japanese floating airport resists ocean waves.

Examples from Dutch and Japanese

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03 Sep

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Toowoomba and Lockyer Valley areas but could be applied to Brisbane or Australia-wide: Modify the phone numbering system to include the post-code of the area affected. When emergency messages need to be sent to specific endangered areas then ring the phones to those post-codes or map-reference numbers. Have heard that in South Australia they use map reference points that are noted on fence pos

Postcode or map referencing emergency system via phone network

operation failsafe p/l

26 Jul

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Canterlever Kitchen and bathrooms to raise items above flood waters.

Canterlevers

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13 Sep

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F=Flood=Flexible Fixed+Flood=Failure

F=flood=flexible

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07 Sep

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A barrier should be built around creeks ans rivers to prevent flooding. A pipe vgoes to Africa to stop them having droughts or converts to ocean. Scanners would be used to see if there are leaks or breaks.

The Barrier and Pipe to Africa

Oxley State School

10 Sep

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Manage flood plains for floods not against them.

Manage for floods

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04 Sep

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Floating house. House in the sky supported by trees.

Houses that float and houses in the sky

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04 Sep

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Water management needs to involve liaison between bureau of meteorology and dam managers directly. We had an unnecessary flood because parliamentarians decided we needed to maintain the dams at 100% capacity if at all possible. Result: over 20 deaths, untold misery through insurance backpeddling and losses of livelihoods, homes and dreams. It was well known that the summer would be a wet one. Ca

water management

Julie Martyn

14 Jun

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