Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner calls for dam level review before summer wet season to manage flood risks

A war of words has broken out between Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner and the Queensland Water Minister Glenn Butcher over dam levels heading into what's predicted to be another wet summer. Key points: Brisbane City Council Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner has asked whether dam water releases should start ahead of summer rainfalls Queensland Water Minister Glenn Butcher says strategies are in place for the wet season Mr Butcher says the government will follow expert advice including from seqwater Cr Schrinner said he raised the issue of whether dam operators would start releasing some of South East Queensland's water supply with the Minister on Tuesday and expected to hear back from him soon, adding that the Mr Butcher had been "reasonable" to work with in the past. Loading YouTube content Minister 'confident' plans are in place But Mr Butcher, who spoke on the topic from Thursday Island where a community cabinet was being held, said he would "take the expert's advice, not advice from the Lord Mayor of Brisbane". Water pushing through dams An seqwater spokesperson said after rain in early September, the operator was "passing water through Somerset into Wivenhoe and out into the Brisbane River to maintain 100 per cent flood storage compartment availability".