Please don't allow these pristine waters to be destroyed by corporate greed. Ancient artworks MUST be preserved not destroyed. Once done , this action cannot be reversed. Please stop before it's too late.

To whom it may concern,
I am a concerned resident of the blue mountains. I have lived here for over 13 years and move to this area for the beautiful unique natural areas that surround us. I oppose the raising of the Warragamba dam wall and believe this project is based on an inadequate and flawed environmental impact study (EIS).
I feel the government hasn’t adequately addressed the impacts on our wild rivers, such as the Kowmung which will be flooded. Nor the impacts on our endangered animals and plant communities. Such as the Regent Honey Eater which is critically endangered and whose key breeding sites will be destroyed. Also, one of Sydney’s last remaining Koala populations in the lower Nattai will be flooded. This region and its flora and fauna have already been severely impacted by the 2019 bushfires, the extent of which is not yet fully understood. Flooding this area will put added stress on already suffering eco systems.
Raising the dam wall is incompatible with our world heritage listing and caused United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to speak out against this proposal. Our world heritage status draws many tourists to this area and the potential loss of this status will have a devastating impact on our tourist dependent local economy.
After the desecration that occurred at Juukan Gorge, we are seeing yet again a complete disregard for Gundungarra people who stand to lose important cultural sites and history if the dam wall is raised. The Gundungarra were not properly consulted, due to inaccessible meetings held many hours from their representatives’ homes, and unrealistic short time frames to respond. Sydney Water displayed a lack of cultural competence and understanding during the very brief consultation process and Gundungurra people now need to be fully and respectfully consulted as part of a meaningful impact assessment.
It is inexcusable that none of these issues have been properly assessed in the current flawed EIS. The EIS needs to be started anew making a genuine effort to take into consideration the impacts on the Blue Mountains community, our unique flora and fauna, our World Heritage status, and the irreversible destruction of First Nations Culture and history. If this was done, I believe the raising of the dam wall could not gain approval. For this reason I remain opposed to raising the Warragamba Dam wall.

To whom it may concern,
My family and I have enjoyed the world heritage and national park areas in the blue mountains for many many years. Bushwalking, rock climbing, camping, birdwatching, siteseeing, holidays, even dining and shopping in the towns are some of our best memories (and surely are valuable attractions for the nsw economy).
The Blue Mountains World Heritage area is not just a world class National Park, in 2000 it was inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage list in recognition of its Outstanding Universal Value for the whole of mankind. Raising the Warragamba dam wall and consequent damage to natural and cultural values would be a clear breach of these undertakings and Australia’s obligations under the World Heritage Convention.
An estimated 65 kilometres of wilderness rivers, and 5,700 hectares of National Parks, 1,300 hectares of which is within the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area, would be inundated by the Dam project.

Severe fires during the summer of 2019/20 devastated 81% of Blue Mountains Heritage Area.
Flooding this enormous, precious and vulnerable area is reckless, and irreversible. Please do not do this.

To whom it may concern,
The practice of building on floodplains has been proven wrong on so many "extreme" events when houses have been flooded and people's lives put in danger. The "extreme" events are the normal flood cycles of nature that, if allowed to flow through the natural floodplain do nothing more than benefit future generations as the fertility of the flood plain is improved for food production. The Aswan dam in Egypt has destroyed so many cultural sites up stream and now is proving to be the killer of food production down stream.
Constant interferring with flood plains are to our detriment and even now we see illegal theft of water from flood plain harvesting. A practice that is only benefiting a few while depriving nature and others of their water entitlement. Raising the height of Warragamba dam is a short term solution to a developer's dream. It does not acknowledge the issues that will occur for generations.

Please do not raise the Warragamba Dam wall. I am very concerned about the loss of wild rivers, unique aboriginal decorated caves and World Heritage cultural sites .

To whom it may concern,
I cannot believe this is for any other person than money making by settling MORE HOUSES onto a flood plain. You see it happen in other countries but then it is happening here. Driven by developers $$$ here in Camden we have seen an overspill of houses so close together there is not room for a fence between them The fencers would be unable so set up their materials. Importing people and relying on building houses to fund a country is deadly. Those in the future will find that out. Destroying some of the most amazing country by flooding is short term madness.
Hae you herd the term WAKE UP AUSTRALIA!!! before its too late! Look at the USA how it has destroyed so many beautiful places with overkill superstructure.

Keep Aboriginal sites sacred to us.

To whom it may concern,
The Blue Mountains World Heritage area is not just a world class National Park, in 2000 it was inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage list in recognition of its Outstanding Universal Value for the whole of mankind. Raising the Warragamba dam wall and consequent damage to natural and cultural values would be a clear breach of these undertakings and Australia’s obligations under the World Heritage Convention.
An estimated 65 kilometres of wilderness rivers, and 5,700 hectares of National Parks, 1,300 hectares of which is within the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area, would be inundated by the Dam project. This includes:
• The Kowmung River - declared a ‘Wild River’, protected for its pristine condition under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974;
• Unique eucalyptus species diversity recognised as having Outstanding Universal Value under the area’s World Heritage listing such as the Camden White Gum;
• A number of Threatened Ecological Communities, notably Grassy Box Woodland;
• Habitat for endangered and critically endangered species including the Critically Endangered Regent Honeyeater and Sydney’s last Emu population.

To whom it may concern,
Raising the Warragamba Dam wall will flood pristine wild rivers and important bushwalking areas west of Sydney. This will have a devestating impact on Blue Mountains wilderness areas, rivers, and traditional Indigenous heritage sites.
Please do not allow this to happen.

To whom it may concern,
Please do not raise Warragamba Dam wall. Flood mitigation dams do not work! It gives the illusion of safety, and lots of houses are then developed in flood-prone areas. However, IT DOES NOT PROTECT these properties in the extreme floods, which are the ones causing the most damage and loss of life. Added to the fact that Warragamba Dam is Sydney's main water storage, and the temptation is to keep it as full as possible. This is understandable, as Sydney running out of water would be far worse than protecting properties from the occassional flood. You may very well specify that this extra storage cannot be filled, but water supply will trump flood mitigation every time (as happened in the Brisbane flood). This means the flood mitigation aspect of the dam will be even less effective, making the cast/benefit even poorer. The only way to effectively protect properties from flooding is to NOT BUILD ON FLOODPLAINS. All this is additional to upstream flooding and irreversible damage of natural and cultural heritage. Please do not raise Warragamba Dam wall.