List of reservoirs and dams in Australia
Reservoirs and dams in Australia is a link page for any reservoir or dam in Australia.
Contents
Australian Capital Territory
There are four key water storage facilities located in the Australian Capital Territory. In addition, there are three smaller man-made reservoirs.
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Image | Dam name (where appropriate) |
Reservoir name[1] (where appropriate) |
Region(s) | Waterway(s) impounded[1] |
Dam type[1] | Purpose(s)[1] | Reservoir capacity[1] | Coordinates[2] | ||
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ML | Gal (Imp.) | Gal (US) | ||||||||
Bendora Dam | Bendora Reservoir | Namadgi National Park | Cotter River | Arch | Water supply | 11,540 | 2.54×10 9 | 3.05×10 9 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
Corin Dam | Corin Reservoir | Namadgi National Park | Cotter River | Embankment | Water supply | 75,500 | 16.6×10 9 | 19.9×10 9 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
Cotter Dam | Cotter Reservoir | Cotter River | Gravity | Water supply | 78,000 | 17×10 9 | 21×10 9 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
n/a | Lake Ginninderra | Belconnen | Ginninderra Creek | Artificial lake | Recreation | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||||
100px | Scrivener Dam | Lake Burley Griffin | Yarralumla | Molonglo River | Gravity | Recreation | 27,740 | 6.10×10 9 | 7.33×10 9 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
n/a | Stranger Pond | Bonython | Off-stream | Artificial lake | Recreation | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||||
100px | n/a | Lake Tuggeranong | Tuggeranong | Tuggeranong Creek | Artificial lake | Recreation | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
New South Wales
There are 2,250 dams, weirs, catchments, and barrages in New South Wales.[2] Of these, 135 facilities are considered major dams according to the Australian National Committee on Large Dams.[1]
Dams and reservoirs
The largest reservoir in New South Wales is the 4,798,000-megalitre (1.055×1012 imp gal; 1.267×1012 US gal) Lake Eucumbene in the Snowy Mountains, formed by the Eucumbene Dam.[3]
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Image | Dam name (where appropriate) |
Reservoir name[1] (where appropriate) |
Region(s) | Waterway(s) impounded[1] |
Dam type[1] | Purpose(s)[1] | Reservoir capacity[1] | Coordinates[2] | ||
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ML | Gal (Imp.) | Gal (US) | ||||||||
100px | Avon Dam | Avon Storage Reservoir | Sydney – Macarthur – Illawarra |
Avon River | Gravity | Water supply | 214,360 | 4.715×1010 | 5.663×1010 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Bendeela Pondage | Bendeela Pondage | South Coast | Kangaroo River | Embankment | Water supply | 1,200 | 260,000,000 | 320,000,000 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
Ben Boyd Dam | South Coast | Water Supply | 800 | 180,000,000 | 210,000,000 | |||||
100px | Ben Chifley Dam | Central West | Campbells River | Embankment | Water supply | 30,800 | 6.8×109 | 8.1×109 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
Blowering Dam | Blowering Reservoir | Snowy Mountains | Tumut River | Embankment | Flood mitigation Hydroelectricity Irrigation Water supply Conservation |
1,628,000 | 3.58×1011 | 4.30×1011 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
Brogo Dam | South Coast | Brogo River | Embankment | Environmental flows Hydroelectricity Irrigation Water supply |
8,980 | 1.98×109 | 2.37×109 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
Burrendong Dam | Lake Burrendong | Orana | Macquarie River | Embankment | Flood mitigation Hydroelectricity Irrigation Water supply |
1,188,000 | 2.61×1011 | 3.14×1011 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
100px | Burrinjuck Dam | Lake Burrinjuck | Riverina | Murrumbidgee River | Gravity | Hydroelectricity Irrigation |
1,026,000 | 2.26×1011 | 2.71×1011 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Carcoar Dam | Central West | Belubula River | Arch | Irrigation Water supply Water conservation |
36,400 | 8.0×109 | 9.6×109 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
Cascade Creek Dam | Cascade Dam | Blue Mountains | Cascade Creek | Embankment | Water supply | 1,704 | 375,000,000 | 450,000,000 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
100px | Cataract Dam | Cataract Reservoir | Sydney – Macarthur – Illawarra |
Cararact River | Gravity | Water supply | 94,300 | 2.07×1010 | 2.49×1010 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Chaffey Dam | Chaffey Dam | New England | Peel River | Embankment | Irrigation Water supply |
61,800 | 1.36×1010 | 1.63×1010 | ||
Chichester Dam | Lake Chichester | Hunter | Chichester River Wangat River |
21,500 | 4.7×109 | 5.7×109 | ||||
Clarrie Hall Dam | Lake Clarrie Hall | Northern Rivers | Doon Doon Creek | 16,000 | 3.5×109 | 4.2×109 | ||||
Cochrane Dam | Cochrane Lake | South Coast | Georges Creek | 385 | 85,000,000 | 102,000,000 | ||||
100px | Copeton Dam | Lake Copeton | New England | Gwydir River | 1,364,000 | 3.00×1011 | 3.60×1011 | |||
100px | Cordeaux Dam | Sydney – Macarthur – Illawarra |
Cordeaux River | Gravity | Water supply | 93,600 | 2.06×1010 | 2.47×1010 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
Deep Creek Dam | Deep Creek Reservoir | Snowy Mountains | Deep Creek | 11 | 2,400,000 | 2,900,000 | ||||
100px | Eucumbene Dam | Lake Eucumbene | Snowy Mountains | Eucumbene River | 4,798,000 | 1.055×1012 | 1.267×1012 | |||
100px | Fitzroy Falls Dam | Fitzroy Falls Reservoir | South Coast | Yarrunga Creek | Embankment | Water supply | 9,950 | 2.19×109 | 2.63×109 | |
Geehi Dam | Geehi Reservoir | Snowy Mountains | Geehi River | 21,093 | 4.640×109 | 5.572×109 | ||||
Glenbawn Dam | Lake Glenbawn | Hunter | Hunter River | 750,000 | 1.6×1011 | 2.0×1011 | ||||
Glennies Creek Dam | Lake St Clair | Hunter | Hunter River | 283,000 | 6.2×1010 | 7.5×1010 | ||||
Googong Dam | Googong Reservoir | Capital Country | Queanbeyan River | 121,083 | 2.6635×1010 | 3.1987×1010 | ||||
Grahamstown Dam | Hunter Mid North Coast |
Williams River | Water Supply | 190,000 | 4.2×1010 | 5.0×1010 | ||||
Guthega Dam | Guthega Pondage | Snowy Mountains | Snowy River | Gravity | Hydroelectricity | 1,604 | 353,000,000 | 424,000,000 | ||
Happy Jacks Dam | Happy Jacks Pondage | Snowy Mountains | Tumut River | Gravity | Hydroelectricity | 271 | 60,000,000 | 72,000,000 | ||
Hume Dam | Lake Hume (on border with Victoria) | Riverina | Murray River | Embankment Gravity |
Hydroelectricity Irrigation |
3,038,000 | 6.68×1011 | 8.03×1011 | ||
Island Bend Dam | Island Bend Pondage | Snowy Mountains | Snowy River | Gravity | Hydroelectricity | 3,084 | 678,000,000 | 815,000,000 | ||
Jindabyne Dam | Lake Jindabyne | Snowy Mountains | Snowy River | Embankment | Hydroelectricity | 688,000 | 1.51×1011 | 1.82×1011 | ||
Jounama Dam | Jounama Pondage | Snowy Mountains | Tumut River | Embankment | Hydroelectricity | 43,542 | 9.578×109 | 1.1503×1010 | ||
Keepit Dam | Lake Keepit | New England | Namoi River | Irrigation | 425,510 | 9.360×1010 | 1.1241×1011 | |||
Khancoban Dam | Khancoban Reservoir | Snowy Mountains | Swampy Plain River | Embankment | Hydroelectricity | 26,643 | 5.861×109 | 7.038×109 | ||
Lostock Dam | Lostock Dam | Hunter | 20,220 | 4.45×109 | 5.34×109 | |||||
Lyell Dam | Lake Lyell | Central West | Coxs River | Water Supply | 34,500 | 7.6×109 | 9.1×109 | |||
Malpas Dam | Malpas Reservoir | New England | Gara River | Water Supply | 13,000 | 2.9×109 | 3.4×109 | |||
Mangrove Creek Dam | Central Coast | Mangrove Creek | Water Supply | 190,000 | 4.2×1010 | 5.0×1010 | ||||
100px | Manly Dam | Manly Reservoir | Sydney – Northern Beaches | Curl Curl Creek | Flood Mitigation | 2,000 | 440,000,000 | 530,000,000 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
Murray Two Dam | Murray Two Pondage | Snowy Mountains | Khancoban Bank | Arch | Hydroelectricity | 2,344 | 516,000,000 | 619,000,000 | ||
100px | Nepean Dam | Sydney – Macarthur – Illawarra |
Nepean River | Arch gravity | Water supply | 70,170 | 1.544×1010 | 1.854×1010 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
Oberon Dam | Lake Oberon | Central West | Fish River | Water Supply | 45,420 | 9.99×109 | 1.200×1010 | |||
Pindari Dam | Lake Pindari | North West Slopes | Hydroelectricity | 312,000 | 6.9×1010 | 8.2×1010 | ||||
Prospect Dam | Prospect Reservoir | Sydney – Western suburbs |
Prospect Creek | 50,200 | 1.10×1010 | 1.33×1010 | ||||
Rocky Creek Dam | Northern Rivers | Rocky Creek | Water supply | 14,000 | 3.1×109 | 3.7×109 | ||||
Rydal Dam | Central Tablelands | Power station cooling | 370 | 81,000,000 | 98,000,000 | |||||
Split Rock Dam | Split Rock Reservoir | New England | Manilla River | Irrigation | 397,370 | 8.741×1010 | 1.0497×1011 | |||
Spring Creek Dam | Central West | Spring Creek | Minor embankment | Water supply | 4,680 | 1.03×109 | 1.24×109 | |||
Stephens Creek Dam | Stephens Creek Reservoir | Far West | Stephens Creek | Gravity | Water supply | 2,000 | 440,000,000 | 530,000,000 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
Suma Park Dam | Suma Park Reservoir | Central West | Summer Hill Creek | Water Supply | 17,290 | 3.80×109 | 4.57×109 | |||
Talbingo Dam | Talbingo Reservoir | Snowy Mountains | Tumut River | Embankment | Hydroelectricity | 921,000 | 2.03×1011 | 2.43×1011 | ||
100px | Tallowa Dam | Lake Yarrunga | South Coast | Shoalhaven River | Gravity | Water supply | 90,000 | 2.0×1010 | 2.4×1010 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Tantangara Dam | Tantangara Reservoir | Snowy Mountains | Murrumbidge River | Gravity | Hydroelectricity | 254,099 | 5.5894×1010 | 6.7126×1010 | ||
Tilba Dam | South Coast | 90 | 20,000,000 | 24,000,000 | ||||||
Tooma Dam | Tooma Reservoir | Snowy Mountains | Tooma River | Embankment | Hydroelectricity | 28,124 | 6.186×109 | 7.430×109 | ||
Toonumbar Dam | Lake Toonumbar | Northern Rivers | Iron Pot Creek | Water Supply | 1,100 | 240,000,000 | 290,000,000 | |||
Tumut Pond Dam | Tumut Pond Reservoir | Snowy Mountains | Tumut River | 52,793 | 1.1613×1010 | 1.3946×1010 | ||||
Tumut Two Dam | Tumut Two Reservoir | Snowy Mountains | Tumut River | Gravity | Hydroelectricity | 2,677 | 589,000,000 | 707,000,000 | ||
Umberumberka Dam | Umberumberka Reservoir | Far West | Umberumberka Creek | Gravity | Water Supply | 1,950 | 430,000,000 | 520,000,000 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
100px | Warragamba Dam | Lake Burragorang | Sydney – Macarthur |
Coxs River Kowmung River Nattai River Wingecarribee River Wollondilly River Warragamba River |
Gravity | Supply Flood mitigation |
2,027,000 | 4.46×1011 | 5.35×1011 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Windamere Dam | Lake Windamere | Central West | Cudgegong River | Irrigation | 368,120 | 8.098×1010 | 9.725×1010 | |||
100px | Wingecarribee Dam | Wingecarribee Reservoir | South Coast | Wingecarribee River | Embankment | Water supply | 25,875 | 5.692×109 | 6.835×109 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Woodford Creek Dam | Blue Mountains | Woodford Creek | Water Supply | 1,431 | 315,000,000 | 378,000,000 | ||||
Woronora Dam | Woronora Reservoir | Sydney – Sutherland Shire |
Woronora River | 71,790 | 1.579×1010 | 1.896×1010 | ||||
Wyangala Dam | Lake Wyangala | Central West | Lachlan River | Embankment | Flood mitigation Hydroelectricity Irrigation Water supply |
1,220,000 | 2.7×1011 | 3.2×1011 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
Yellow Pinch Dam | Yellow Pinch Dam | South Coast | Yellow Pinch Creek | Embankment | Water supply | 3,000 | 660,000,000 | 790,000,000 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Weirs and barrages
Weir/barrage name | Region(s) | Coordinates |
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Bonshaw Weir | North West Slopes | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Inverell Weir | North West Slopes | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Marom Creek Weir | Northern Rivers | |
Tareelaroi Weir | North West Slopes | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Cancelled and decommissioned
Image | Dam/reservoir name (where appropriate) |
Region(s) | Status | Coordinates (where appropriate) |
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Balmain Reservoir | Sydney – Inner West | Decommissioned | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
Gosling Creek Dam | Central West | Decommissioned in 1962 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
Tillegra Dam | Hunter | Proposed and cancelled in 2010 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Northern Territory
There are 805 named water storage facilities located in the Northern Territory.[2] Of these, four facilities are considered major dams according to the Australian National Committee on Large Dams.[1]
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Image | Dam name (where appropriate) |
Reservoir name (where appropriate) |
Region(s) | Waterway(s) impounded | Dam type | Purpose(s) | Reservoir capacity[1] | Coordinates[2] |
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Copperfield Dam | Copperfield Creek | Embankment | Water supply | 500 ML (110×10 6 imp gal; 130×10 6 US gal) | ||||
Darwin River Dam | Darwin River | Embankment | Water supply | 265,500 ML (58.4×10 9 imp gal; 70.1×10 9 US gal) | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |||
Manton Dam | Manton River | Arch | Recreation | 15,910 ML (3.50×10 9 imp gal; 4.20×10 9 US gal) | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |||
Mary Ann Dam | Lake Mary Ann | Tennant Creek | Mary Ann Creek | Embankment | Recreation | 450 ML (99×10 6 imp gal; 120×10 6 US gal) | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Queensland
Dams and reservoirs
There are 183 key water storage facilities located in Queensland. These facilities represent a total capacity of 13,389 gigalitres (2,945×10 9 imp gal; 3,537×10 9 US gal) for Queensland. This does not include privately owned off-stream storage sites used for water harvesting.[5]
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Image | Dam name (where appropriate) |
Reservoir name[1] (where appropriate) |
Region(s) | Waterway(s) impounded[1] |
Dam type[1] | Purpose(s)[1] | Reservoir capacity[1] | Coordinates[2] | |||
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ML | Gal (Imp.) | Gal (US) | |||||||||
100px | Atkinson Dam | Lake Atkinson | South East – West Moreton |
Buaraba Creek | Embankment | Irrigation | 30,500 | 6.7×10 9 | 8.1×10 9 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
Awoonga Dam | Lake Awoonga | Fitzroy | Boyne River | Embankment | Water Supply and Recreation | ||||||
Bamboo Dam | |||||||||||
100px | Baroon Pocket Dam | Lake Baroon | South East – Sunshine Coast |
Obi Obi Creek | Embankment | Water supply | 61,000 | 13×10 9 | 16×10 9 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
Lake Belmore | |||||||||||
Biggera Creek Dam | South East – Gold Coast |
Biggera Creek | Flood mitigation | 3,700 | 810×10 6 | 980×10 6 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||||
100px | Bill Gunn Dam | Lake Dyer | South East – Lockyer Valley |
Off-stream | Embankment | Irrigation | 6,940 | 1,530×10 6 | 1,830×10 6 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
Bjelke-Petersen Dam | Lake Barambah | ||||||||||
100px | Boondooma Dam | ||||||||||
Boobir Dam | |||||||||||
Borumba Dam | |||||||||||
Bromelton Dam | Bromelton Offstream Storage | South East – Beaudesert |
Off-stream | Embankment | Water supply | 8,210 | 1,810×10 6 | 2,170×10 6 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
Burdekin Dam | |||||||||||
Burton Gorge Dam | |||||||||||
Callide Dam | |||||||||||
Cania Dam | |||||||||||
Cedar Pocket Dam | |||||||||||
Lake Clarendon Dam | Lake Clarendon | South East – Lockyer Valley |
Off-stream | Embankment | Irrigation | 24,330 | 5.35×10 9 | 6.43×10 9 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
Connolly Dam | |||||||||||
Cooby Dam | |||||||||||
Coolmunda Dam | |||||||||||
Cooloolabin Dam | |||||||||||
Coombabah Lake | |||||||||||
Copperlode Dam | Lake Morris | ||||||||||
Corella Dam | |||||||||||
Cressbrook Dam | |||||||||||
East Leichhardt Dam | |||||||||||
E.J. Beardmore Dam | |||||||||||
Enoggera Dam | Enoggera Reservoir | South East – Brisbane |
Enoggera Creek | Earth-fill | Water supply | 4,500 | 990×10 6 | 1,200×10 6 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
Eungella Dam | |||||||||||
Ewen Maddock Dam | South East – Sunshine Coast |
Addlington Creek | Embankment | Water supply | 16,590 | 3.65×10 9 | 4.38×10 9 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |||
Fairbairn Dam | |||||||||||
Fred Haigh Dam | Lake Monduran | ||||||||||
Gattonvale Offstream Storage | |||||||||||
100px | Glenlyon Dam | ||||||||||
100px | Gold Creek Dam | Gold Creek Reservoir | South East – Brisbane |
Gold Creek | Embankment | Water supply | 801 | 176×10 6 | 212×10 6 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
Gordonbrook Dam | |||||||||||
Green Hill Reservoir | Chapel Hill, Queensland | 155 | 34×10 6 | 41×10 6 | |||||||
100px | Hinze Dam | Advancetown Lake | South East – Gold Coast |
Nerang River | Embankment | Water supply Flood mitigation |
310,730 | 68.35×10 9 | 82.09×10 9 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
Ibis Dam | |||||||||||
Irvinebank Dam | |||||||||||
Lake Julius | |||||||||||
Kidston Dam | Copperfield Dam | ||||||||||
Kinchant Dam | |||||||||||
Kroombit Dam | |||||||||||
Koombooloomba Dam | |||||||||||
Lake Gregory | Isis Balancing Storage | ||||||||||
Lake Manchester Dam | Lake Manchester | South East – Ipswich |
Cabbage Tree Creek | Gravity | Water supply Recreation |
26,000 | 5.7×10 9 | 6.9×10 9 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
Lenthalls Dam | Lake Lenthall | ||||||||||
100px | Leslie Dam | ||||||||||
100px | Leslie Harrison Dam | Tingalpa Reservoir | South East – Brisbane |
Tingalpa Creek | Embankment | Water supply | 24,868 | 5.470×10 9 | 6.569×10 9 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
Little Nerang Dam | Lake Macdonald | South East – Gold Coast |
Little Nerang Creek | Gravity | Water supply | 8,390 | 1.85×10 9 | 2.22×10 9 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
100px | Maroon Dam | South East – Scenic Rim |
Burnett Creek | Embankment | Irrigation | 44,300 | 9.7×10 9 | 11.7×10 9 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
Middle Creek Dam | |||||||||||
100px | Moogerah Dam | Lake Moogerah | South East – Fassifern Valley |
Reynolds Creek | Arch | Irrigation Water supply |
83,700 | 18.4×10 9 | 22.1×10 9 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
100px | Moondarra Dam | Lake Moondarra | |||||||||
Meandu Creek Dam | |||||||||||
100px | North Pine Dam | Lake Samsonvale | South East – Moreton Bay |
North Pine River | Gravity | Water supply | 214,302 | 47.140×10 9 | 56.613×10 9 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
Number 7 Dam | Big Dam No 7, Mount Morgan |
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100px | Paluma Dam | ||||||||||
Paradise Dam | |||||||||||
Perseverance Dam | |||||||||||
Peter Faust Dam | Lake Proserpine | ||||||||||
Placer Dam | |||||||||||
Poona Dam | South East – Sunshine Coast |
South Maroochy River | Embankment | Water storage | 655 | 144×10 6 | 173×10 6 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |||
Return Creek Dam | |||||||||||
Rifle Creek Dam | |||||||||||
Ross River Dam | |||||||||||
Sideling Creek Dam | Lake Kurwongbah | South East – Moreton Bay |
Sideling Creek | Embankment | Water supply Recreation |
14,500 | 3.2×10 9 | 3.8×10 9 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
Six Mile Creek Dam | Lake Macdonald | South East – Sunshine Coast |
Six Mile Creek | Embankment | Water supply Recreation |
8,018 | 1.764×10 9 | 2.118×10 9 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
Solomon Dam | |||||||||||
100px | Somerset Dam | Lake Somerset | South East – Somerset Region |
Stanley River | Gravity | Water supply Flood mitigation Recreation Hydroelectricity |
904,000 | 199×10 9 | 239×10 9 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
Southedge Dam | |||||||||||
100px | Splityard Creek Dam | South East – Somerset Region |
Pryde Creek | Embankment | Hydroelectricity | 28,700 | 6,300×10 6 | 7,600×10 6 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
Stannary Hills Dam | |||||||||||
Tallebudgera Creek Dam | South East – Gold Coast |
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Teemburra Dam | |||||||||||
Theresa Creek Dam | |||||||||||
Tinaroo Dam | Lake Tinaroo | ||||||||||
Teviot Creek Dam | |||||||||||
100px | Wappa Dam | South East – Sunshine Coast |
South Maroochy River | Gravity | Water supply | 4,610 | 1,010×10 6 | 1,220×10 6 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
Wild River Dam | Herberton Dam | ||||||||||
100px | Wivenhoe Dam | Lake Wivenhoe | South East – Brisbane/Gold Coast |
Brisbane River | Embankment | Water supply Flood mitigation Hydroelectricity Recreation |
1,165,238 | 256.317×10 9 | 307.823×10 9 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
Wuruma Dam | |||||||||||
100px | Wyaralong Dam | South East – Scenic Rim |
Teviot Brook | Gravity | Water supply | 102,883 | 22,631×10 6 | 27,179×10 6 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Weirs and barrages
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South Australia
Adelaide catchment
- Barossa Reservoir - The Whispering Wall
- Clarendon Weir
- Happy Valley Reservoir
- Hope Valley Reservoir
- Kangaroo Creek Reservoir
- Little Para Reservoir
- Millbrook Reservoir
- Mount Bold Reservoir
- Myponga Reservoir
- South Para Reservoir
- Thorndon Park Reservoir (Adelaide's first reservoir, built in 1860, decommissioned and reestablished as a recreational park in 1986)
- Warren Reservoir
Regional South Australia
- Baroota Reservoir
- Beetaloo Reservoir
- Bundaleer Reservoir
- Blue Lake
- Goolwa Barrages
- Middle River Reservoir
- Tod River Reservoir
Tasmania
The are 103 dams in Tasmania.[2] Of these, 100 facilities are considered major dams according to the Australian National Committee on Large Dams.[1]
Dams and reservoirs
The largest reservoir in Tasmania is the 12,359-gigalitre (2,719×10 9 imp gal; 3,265×10 9 US gal) Lake Gordon in the South West region of the state, formed by the Gordon Dam. As of 2015[update], 44 per cent of all the dams in Tasmania were constructed for the purpose of generating hydro-electricity.[1]
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Image | Dam name (where appropriate) |
Reservoir name[1] (where appropriate) |
Region(s) | Waterway(s) impounded[1] |
Dam type[1] | Purpose(s)[1] | Reservoir capacity[1] | Coordinates[2] | ||
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ML | Gal (Imp.) | Gal (US) | ||||||||
Anthony Dam | Lake Plimsoll | West Coast | Anthony River | Embankment | Hydro-electricity | 36,180 | 7.96×10 9 | 9.56×10 9 | ||
Anthony Levee | off stream | Embankment | Hydro-electricity | 36,180 | 7.96×10 9 | 9.56×10 9 | ||||
Augusta Dam | Lake Augusta | Ouse River | Embankment | Hydro-electricity | 23,450 | 5.16×10 9 | 6.19×10 9 | |||
Bastyan Dam | Lake Rosebery | West Coast | Pieman River | Embankment | Hydro-electricity | 123,520 | 27.17×10 9 | 32.63×10 9 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
Bastyan Levee | off stream | Embankment | Hydro-electricity | 123,520 | 27.17×10 9 | 32.63×10 9 | ||||
Bradys Lake | ||||||||||
Briseis Dam | ||||||||||
Crotty Dam | Lake Burbury | West Coast | King River | Embankment | Hydro-electricity | 1,081,420 | 237.88×10 9 | 285.68×10 9 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
Cascade Dam | ||||||||||
Catagunya Dam | Lake Catagunya | Central Highlands | River Derwent | Gravity | Hydro-electricity | 25,640 | 5.64×10 9 | 6.77×10 9 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
Cethana Dam | Lake Cethana | Northern | Forth River | Embankment | Hydro-electricity | 112,210 | 24.68×10 9 | 29.64×10 9 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
Clarence Dam | ||||||||||
100px | Clark Dam | Lake King William | Central Highlands | River Derwent | Arch | Hydro-electricity | 539,340 | 118.64×10 9 | 142.48×10 9 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Cluny Dam | Cluny Lagoon | Central Highlands | River Derwent | Gravity | Hydro-electricity | 4,880 | 1.07×10 9 | 1.29×10 9 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
Craigborne Dam | ||||||||||
Curries River Reservoir | ||||||||||
Darwin Dam | Lake Burbury | West Coast | off stream | Embankment | Hydro-electricity | 1,081,420 | 237.88×10 9 | 285.68×10 9 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
100px | Devils Gate Dam | Lake Barrington | Northern | Forth River | Arch | Hydro-electricity | 179,940 | 39.58×10 9 | 47.54×10 9 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Edgar Dam | Lake Pedder | South West | off river | Embankment | Hydro-electricity | 2,937,930 | 646.25×10 9 | 776.12×10 9 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
Electrolytic Zinc, Risdon | ||||||||||
Flagstaff Gully Dam | ||||||||||
Ford Dam | ||||||||||
Frome Dam | ||||||||||
Gordon Dam | Lake Gordon | South West | Gordon River | Arch | Hydro-electricity | 12,359,040 | 2,718.61×10 9 | 3,264.91×10 9 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
Miena Rockfill Dam | Great Lake | Central Northern | Shannon River | Embankment | Hydro-electricity | 3,156,640 | 694.36×10 9 | 833.90×10 9 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
Guide River Reservoir | ||||||||||
Hall No 2 | ||||||||||
Henty Dam | North West | Henty River | Gravity | Hydro-electricity | 350 | 0.077×10 9 | 0.092×10 9 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
Knights Creek Reservoir | ||||||||||
Lake Echo Dam | Central Highlands | Dee River | Embankment | Hydro-electricity | 725,490 | 159.59×10 9 | 191.65×10 9 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
Laughing Jack Dam | ||||||||||
Liapootah Dam | Lake Liapootah | Central Highlands | Nive River | Gravity | Hydro-electricity | 1,880 | 0.41×10 9 | 0.50×10 9 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
Limekiln Gully Reservoir | ||||||||||
Lower Reservoir | ||||||||||
Mackintosh Dam | Lake Mackintosh | Western | Mackintosh River | Embankment | Hydro-electricity | 913,690 | 200.98×10 9 | 241.37×10 9 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
Margaret Dam | Lake Margaret | West Coast | Yolande River | Gravity | Hydro-electricity | 15,374 | 3.382×10 9 | 4.061×10 9 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
Meadowbank Dam | Central Highlands | River Derwent | Buttress; Embankment |
Hydro-electricity | 59,650 | 13.12×10 9 | 15.76×10 9 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
Meander Dam | Huntsman Lake | Northern | Meander River | Gravity | Irrigation Hydro-electricity |
36,000 | 7.9×10 9 | 9.5×10 9 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
Monarch Dam | ||||||||||
Mount Paris Dam | ||||||||||
Murchison Dam | Lake Murchison | Western | Murchison River | Embankment | Hydro-electricity | 96,910 | 21.32×10 9 | 25.60×10 9 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
Newton Dam | Western | Newton Creek | Embankment | Hydro-electricity | 6,330 | 1.39×10 9 | 1.67×10 9 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
100px | Paloona Dam | Lake Paloona | Northern | Forth River | Embankment | Hydro-electricity | 19,110 | 4.20×10 9 | 5.05×10 9 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Lake Parangana | ||||||||||
Pet River Scheme | ||||||||||
Pine Tier Dam | Pine Tier Lagoon | Central Highlands | Nive River | Gravity | Hydro-electricity | 7,420 | 1.63×10 9 | 1.96×10 9 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
Reece Dam | Lake Pieman | West Coast | Pieman River | Embankment | Hydro-electricity | 300,200 | 66.0×10 9 | 79.3×10 9 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
Repulse Dam | Central Highlands | River Derwent | Arch: Embankment |
Hydro-electricity | 6,330 | 1.39×10 9 | 1.67×10 9 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||
Ridgeway Reservoir | ||||||||||
Rileys Creek Reservoir | ||||||||||
Risdon Brook Dam | ||||||||||
Rowallan Dam | Lake Rowallan | Northern | Mersey River | Embankment | Hydro-electricity | 130,490 | 28.70×10 9 | 34.47×10 9 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
Lake Samuel | ||||||||||
Scotts Peak Dam | Lake Pedder | South West | Huon River | Embankment | Hydro-electricity | 2,937,930 | 646.25×10 9 | 776.12×10 9 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
Serpentine Dam | Serpentine River | Embankment | Hydro-electricity | 2,937,930 | 646.25×10 9 | 776.12×10 9 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |||
Stanton Dam | ||||||||||
Taylor No 3 | ||||||||||
Tolosa Park Reservoir | ||||||||||
Tullabardine Dam | Lake Mackintosh | |||||||||
100px | Trevallyn Dam | Lake Trevallyn | Northern | South Esk River | Gravity | Hydro-electricity | 12,330 | 2.71×10 9 | 3.26×10 9 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Upper Grassy Dam | ||||||||||
Upper Reservoir | ||||||||||
Wayatinah Dam | Wayatinah Lagoon | Central Highlands | River Derwent | Embankment | Hydro-electricity | 8,860 | 1.95×10 9 | 2.34×10 9 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
White Spur Dam | White Spur Lake | North West | White Spur Creek | Embankment | Hydro-electricity | 1,750 | 0.38×10 9 | 0.46×10 9 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
Wilmot Dam | Lake Gairdner | Northern | Wilmont River | Embankment | Hydro-electricity | 8,820 | 1.94×10 9 | 2.33×10 9 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
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See also
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Spring Creek Dam (New South Wales)
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