Echunga dam

South Australia's State Emergency Service has issued a dam failure emergency warning message for Echunga, south-east of Adelaide. The dam is failing after ...

A dam is failing in a town in the Adelaide Hills, prompting the State Emergency Service to issue an emergency warning to locals to evacuate.

The privately-owned dam is up a hill near Marianna Street. “This has the potential to release water which may exceed the capacity of the drainage system of Echunga, which may cause parts of Echunga to flood.” “Due to the high risk of the wall collapsing, SA SES are working with partner agencies to lower the level of the dam through the excavation of a spillway,” the SES said in a statement.

A private dam showing signs of its wall failing in South Australia has sparked an emergency warning for lo...

Locals have been forced to evacuate to Echunga Football Club. Relocate outside the warning area or to the safer place at the Echunga Football Club. [#FLOOD]Emergency Warning MESSAGE issued for dam failure at Echunga.

Number of houses at risk of inundation after privately-owned dam's wall shows signs of structural failure.

Tina Jones, the owner of the Echunga General Store, was woken up at a quarter to six on Wednesday morning by the SES knocking on her door, telling her to evacuate. Authorities were working to spill water from the dam to lower levels, but there were concerns a dam burst could overwhelm Echunga’s drainage systems. He said there were 60 properties in the warning area. Jones said the whole town is now “dead … “Everyone is very worried. Due to the “high risk” of the wall collapsing, the SES have warned those whose homes are in danger of flooding to relocate outside the warning area or to the Echunga Football Club.

The South Australian State Emergency Services (SA SES) has issued an emergency flood alert for properties in Echunga. A privately owned dam - less than 500 ...

This is how you can continue to access our trusted content: SA SES is working on lowering the level of the dam through the excavation of a spillway and pumping, however, this has the potential to release a water level that may exceed the capacity of Echunga's drainage system, causing some parts of Echunga to flood. The SA SES have advised people in potential flood areas to relocate to a safer location outside of the risk area, or at the Echunga Football Club.

The South Australian State Emergency Service has issued a warning to residents amid fears a privately-owned dam may collapse.

Only leave if you are certain that the path is clear to a safer place - Relocate to the home of family or friends outside the warning area or to the safer place at Echunga Football Club. The SES is also lowering the water level through the excavation of a spillway and pumping.

An emergency warning has been issued for a country town in the Adelaide Hills, as a possible dam failure threatens homes and lives.

They have been spending some time overnight trying to cut in and direct the water, but unfortunately that hasn’t worked.” SES state duty officer David O’Shannessy said engineers were on the scene assessing the situation as they worked on lowering the level of the dam An SES spokesperson said the walls of the dam were sagging on one side.

An emergency warning has been issued for a country town in the Adelaide Hills, as a possible dam failure threatens homes and lives.

They have been spending some time overnight trying to cut in and direct the water, but unfortunately that hasn’t worked.” Relocate outside the warning area or to the safer place at the Echunga Football Club. [#FLOOD]Emergency Warning MESSAGE issued for dam failure at Echunga.

A dam wall in the Adelaide Hills town of Echunga is still at risk of collapsing and residents may have to spend at least another 24 hours away from their ...

"We're trying to get another larger pump — that's a trailer-mounted pump — but, as you can imagine, it's down in a valley and there's no roads down to it so we're speaking to the council at the moment to see how we can get it down there," he said. The SES said it was trying to reduce the level of water in the private dam by 1.5 metres to reduce pressure on the dam wall, but only has three medium-size pumps that have so far reduced it by 50cm. A dam wall in the Adelaide Hills town of Echunga is still at risk of collapsing and residents may have to spend at least another 24 hours away from their homes, the South Australian State Emergency Service (SES) says.

The South Australian State Emergency Services (SA SES) has issued an emergency flood alert for properties in Echunga. A privately owned dam - less than 500 ...

This is how you can continue to access our trusted content: SA SES is working on lowering the level of the dam through the excavation of a spillway and pumping, however, this has the potential to release a water level that may exceed the capacity of Echunga's drainage system, causing some parts of Echunga to flood. The SA SES have advised people in potential flood areas to relocate to a safer location outside of the risk area, or at the Echunga Football Club.

An emergency operation to drain a dam at risk of collapse and flooding the Adelaide Hills town of Echunga continues this afternoon, with Defence personnel ...

Please click below to help InDaily continue to uncover the facts. SES crews are working to drain the 10 megalitres of water it holds before the dam wall bursts. This is the dam which has partially collapsed and is threatening the town of Echunga. Your contribution goes directly to helping our journalists uncover the facts. “This is an unfolding situation and operation incident and I urge everyone to rely on trusted information and alerts from the SES and from SAPOL,” he said. An emergency operation to drain a dam at risk of collapse and flooding the Adelaide Hills town of Echunga continues this afternoon, with Defence personnel now on standby while some residents have been told they will be unable to return home tonight.