Reports on Tuggerah Lakes and The Entrance Channel

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A Coastal Management Program is currently being prepared for Tuggerah Lakes, with assistance being provided by the NSW Government appointed expert panel. As part of this process, a comprehensive review of past reports and any recommendations relating to management of The Entrance Channel will be considered. There have been many studies and reports have been prepared on Tuggerah Lakes and The Entrance Channel over the past 40 years. These have considered various options to manage The Entrance Channel, including methods of dredging, types of training walls (rock break walls) and management of the entrance berm. Links to these documents are provided below.

Studies and Management Plans

BMT WBM (2018) Review of Wyong Coastal Hazard Study

Prepared for Council
Bio-Analysis (2006) Tuggerah Lakes Estuary Management Plan

Prepared for Wyong Shire Council and NSW Department of Natural Resources, October, Narara
WMA Water (2014) Tuggerah Lakes Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan

Final Report for Wyong Shire Council. November 2014. WMA Water Pty Ltd, Sydney
Umwelt (2011b) Wyong Coastal Zone Management Plan, Report 1869/RO4

Prepared for of Wyong Shire Council, December, Toronto

Flooding and Modelling

Cardno (2015) Additional Morphodynamic Modelling – The Entrance

Prepared for Wyong Shire Council, Cardno, 24 February 2015, Cardno (NSW/ACT) Pty Ltd
Lawson and Treloar (1994): Tuggerah Lakes Flood Study, September 1994

Prepared for Council
WD (1992) Tuggerah Lakes Flood Study: compendium of data, NSW Public Works Department - Coast & Rivers Branch, October, Sydney

Prepared for sake of Council Flood Study
Tuggerah Lakes Flood Summary and Historical Comparison - February 2020
Cardno (2013b) Tuggerah Lakes, The Entrance Morphodynamic Modelling: Entrance Beach Management Investigations, Report (LJ2985/R2791

Prepared for the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, October 2013. Cardno (NSW/ACT) Pty Ltd

Dredging

Cardno (2009) Entrance Channel Dredging – Ecological Impact Study

Final Report for Wyong Shire Council. September 2009. Cardno Ecology Lab Pty Ltd, Brookvale
Lawson and Treloar (1999) Recalibration of Tuggerah Lakes model and Evaluation of The Entrance Dredging Impacts, 16 February 1999

Prepared for Council
GHD (2019) The Entrance Channel Dredging Operations Feasibility Review

Prepared for Council
Worley Parsons (2009) The Entrance Dredging Project, Review of Environmental Factors

Report rp7291oam091112 - Prepared for Wyong Shire Council, June 2009. Worley Parsons Pty Ltd, Sydney

Technical Reports

Neilson (2017) Breakwaters and training walls – The good the bad and the ugly

Presentation by Lex Neilson – Principal Consultant, Advisian, Sydney, 15 August 2017
Umwelt (2011a) Entrance Dynamics and Beach Conditions at The Entrance and North Entrance Beaches, Report 1869/RO5/Final

Prepared for Wyong Shire Council, April, Toronto
PWD (1987) Jet Pump Systems for Maintaining Tidal Entrances - Report PWD 87051

Report prepared for Wyong Shire Council, NSW Public Works Department - Coast and Rivers Branch, Sydney, 1987
SMEC (2011) Long Shore Sand Transport and Tidal Inlet Stability Study for The Entrance and The Entrance North

Final Draft for Wyong Shire Council. March 2011. SMEC Australia, Sydney
DPI (2016) Review of Environmental Factors - The Entrance Rock Groyne, NSW Department of Industries – Crown Lands, May 2016
Weston (2013) Report on the Safety of Navigation should Training Walls be Established at the Bar Way Entry to The Entrance in New South Wales

Prepared by Captain Charles Weston for Cardno, 24 April. Appendix H of document Cardno 2013a which is available online.
WMA (1992) Sensitivity Analysis, The Entrance Channel, Tuggerah Lake, Webb McKeown and Associates

Prepared for Wyong Shire Council, July, Sydney
CCC (2020) Survey of rock shelf at The Entrance

Prepared for Council
DECCW (2011) Tuggerah Lakes Estuary Modelling

Prepared by K. Brennan, A. Ferguson, B. Sanderson, T. Weber and P. Scanes, NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water (Prepared for Council)
PBP (1994) Tuggerah Lakes, Entrance Training Walls: Technical Discussion, Patterson Britton and Partners

Report prepared for Wyong Shire Council, 19 April 1994, Sydney

Design Reports

PBP (1988) Tuggerah Lake Entrance Improvements Entrance Restraining Wall: Concept Design Report

Report prepared by Patterson Britton & Partners on behalf of the NSW Public Works Department - Coast and Rivers Branch for Wyong Shire Council, Report PWD 88069, Sydney, October 1988