List of reservoirs and dams in Australia

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Reservoirs and dams in Australia is a link page for any reservoir or dam in Australia.

Contents 1 Australian Capital Territory 2 New South Wales [1] 2.1 Proposed 3 Northern Territory 4 Queensland 4.1 Weirs and Barrages 5 South Australia 5.1 Adelaide catchment 5.2 Regional South Australia 6 Tasmania 7 Victoria 7.1 Melbourne Water area 7.2 Regional Victoria 7.3 Barwon Water area 8 Western Australia 8.1 Metropolitan Supply 8.2 Goldfields Supply 8.3 Mid West Region 8.4 North West Region 8.5 Great Southern Region 8.6 South West Region 9 See also 10 References 11 External links

[edit] Australian Capital Territory

• Scrivener Dam / Lake Burley Griffin, Canberra
• Bendora Dam
• Corin Dam
• Cotter Dam

[edit] New South Wales ^[1]

Avon Dam Balmain Reservoir (Disused) Blowering Dam Brogo Dam Burrendong Dam Burrinjuck Dam Carcour Dam Cataract Dam Chaffey Dam Chichester Dam Copeton Dam Cordeaux Dam

Clarrie Hall Dam Emigrant Creek Dam Eucumbene Dam Glenbawn Dam Glennies Creek Dam Grahamstown Dam Hume Dam (on border with Victoria) Jindabyne Dam Keepit Dam Lostock Dam Lyell Dam Manly Dam [2]

Mangrove Creek Dam [3] Nepean Dam Pindari Dam Prospect Reservoir Rocky Creek Dam Snowy Mountains Scheme Split Rock Dam Talbingo Dam Toonumbar Dam Warragamba Dam (Lake Burragorang) Woronora Reservoir Windamere Dam Wyangala Dam

[edit] Proposed

• Tillegra Dam

[edit] Northern Territory

• Lake Mary Ann
• Darwin River Dam

[edit] Queensland

There are 183 key storage locations across the State. These represent a total capacity of 13,389 GL for Queensland. This does not include privately owned off-stream storage sites used for water harvesting.^[4]

Atkinson Dam Lake Awoonga Bamboo Dam Baroon Pocket Dam (Lake Baroon) Belmore Dam (Lake Belmore) Biggera Creek Dam Bill Gunn Dam (Lake Dyer) Bjelke-Petersen Dam (Lake Barambah) Boondooma Dam Boobir Dam, Blackbutt Borumba Dam Bromelton Offstream Storage Burdekin Dam Burton Gorge Dam Callide Dam Cania Dam Cedar Pocket Dam Clarendon Dam (Lake Clarendon) 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) Eungella Dam Ewen Maddock Dam Fairbairn Dam Fred Haigh Dam (Lake Monduran) Gattonvale Offstream Storage Glenlyon Dam Gold Creek Dam Gordonbrook Dam Hinze Dam, Gold Coast Ibis Dam Irvinebank Dam Julius Dam (Lake Julius) Kidston Dam (Copperfield Dam) Kinchant Dam Kroombit Dam Koombooloomba Dam Lake Kurwongbah Lake Gregory (Queensland) (Isis Balancing Storage) Lake Manchester Lenthalls Dam (Lake Lenthall) Leslie Dam Leslie Harrison Dam Little Nerang Dam, Gold Coast Maroon Dam Middle Creek Dam Moogerah Dam (Lake Moogerah)

Moondarra Dam (Lake Moondarra) Meandu Creek Dam North Pine Dam (Lake Samsonvale) Number 7 Dam (Big Dam No7, Mount Morgan) Paluma Dam Paradise Dam Perseverance Dam Peter Faust Dam (Lake Proserpine) Placer Dam Poona Dam Return Creek Dam Rifle Creek Dam Ross River Dam Six Mile Creek Dam (Lake MacDonald) Solomon Dam Somerset Dam Southedge Dam Splityard Creek Dam Stannary Hills Dam Storm King Dam Tallebudgera Creek Dam Teemburra Dam Theresa Creek Dam Tinaroo Dam (Lake Tinaroo) Teviot Creek Dam Traveston Crossing Dam (blocked by Federal Government) Wappa Dam Wild River Dam (Herberton Dam) Wivenhoe Dam (Brisbane's main dam) Wuruma Dam Wyaralong Dam (Completion by mid 2011)

[edit] Weirs and Barrages

Name Coordinates Allan Tannock Weir (Cunnamulla Weir) 28°07′03″S 145°41′10″E / 28.1174°S 145.686°E / -28.1174; 145.686 Aplins Weir 19°18′14″S 146°46′52″E / 19.304°S 146.781°E / -19.304; 146.781 Avis Weir 24°58′46″S 151°07′23″E / 24.9794°S 151.123°E / -24.9794; 151.123 Baron River Hydro Weir 16°49′52″S 145°38′24″E / 16.8311°S 145.640°E / -16.8311; 145.640 Bazley Weir 24°53′37″S 151°07′23″E / 24.8937°S 151.123°E / -24.8937; 151.123 Bedford Weir 23°22′18″S 148°50′28″E / 23.3716°S 148.841°E / -23.3716; 148.841 Ben Anderson Barrage 24°53′19″S 152°17′24″E / 24.8885°S 152.2899°E / -24.8885; 152.2899 Ben Dor Weir 28°33′51″S 150°51′58″E / 28.5642°S 150.866°E / -28.5642; 150.866 Bonshaw Weir 28°59′09″S 151°16′37″E / 28.9857°S 151.277°E / -28.9857; 151.277 Bingegang Weir 23°04′21″S 149°02′02″E / 23.0726°S 149.0340°E / -23.0726; 149.0340 Bingera Weir 24°56′35″S 152°12′47″E / 24.9431°S 152.213°E / -24.9431; 152.213 Blacks Weir 19°19′01″S 146°44′10″E / 19.3170°S 146.7360°E / -19.3170; 146.7360 Blue Valley Weir 20°24′29″S 147°23′35″E / 20.4081°S 147.393°E / -20.4081; 147.393 Bowen River Weir 20°44′46″S 147°56′20″E / 20.7461°S 147.9390°E / -20.7461; 147.9390 Brightview Weir 27°29′48″S 152°30′04″E / 27.4966°S 152.501°E / -27.4966; 152.501 Bromleton Weir 28°00′24″S 152°56′46″E / 28.0066°S 152.946°E / -28.0066; 152.946 Bruce Weir 17°06′39″S 145°06′58″E / 17.1108°S 145.116°E / -17.1108; 145.116 Buaraba Creek Weir 27°24′37″S 152°25′08″E / 27.4104°S 152.419°E / -27.4104; 152.419 Bucca Weir 24°51′35″S 152°04′23″E / 24.8596°S 152.073°E / -24.8596; 152.073 Buckinbah Weir 28°05′12″S 148°46′01″E / 28.0868°S 148.767°E / -28.0868; 148.767 Carpendale Grove Weir 27°34′16″S 152°09′24″E / 27.5712°S 152.1566°E / -27.5712; 152.1566 Cedar Grove Weir 27°50′47″S 152°58′30″E / 27.8465°S 152.975°E / -27.8465; 152.975 Cecil Weir 27°32′03″S 151°12′11″E / 27.5342°S 151.203°E / -27.5342; 151.203 Charters Towers Weir 19°57′58″S 146°18′25″E / 19.9662°S 146.307°E / -19.9662; 146.307 Chinchilla Weir 26°48′05″S 150°34′37″E / 26.8013°S 150.577°E / -26.8013; 150.577 Churchbank Weir 27°46′17″S 152°41′02″E / 27.7714°S 152.684°E / -27.7714; 152.684 Clare Weir 19°51′27″S 147°14′10″E / 19.8574°S 147.236°E / -19.8574; 147.236 Claredon Weir 27°31′36″S 152°22′30″E / 27.5267°S 152.375°E / -27.5267; 152.375 Claude Wharton Weir 25°36′57″S 151°35′38″E / 25.6157°S 151.594°E / -25.6157; 151.594 Collins Weir 17°15′29″S 145°17′38″E / 17.258°S 145.294°E / -17.258; 145.294 Comet River Weir 23°36′49″S 148°33′04″E / 23.6137°S 148.551°E / -23.6137; 148.551 Crump Weir 24°49′13″S 149°44′53″E / 24.8204°S 149.748°E / -24.8204; 149.748 Dulbil Weir 17°02′32″S 145°28′19″E / 17.0422°S 145.472°E / -17.0422; 145.472 Dumbleton Weir 21°08′33″S 149°04′37″E / 21.1426°S 149.077°E / -21.1426; 149.077 Eden Bann Weir 23°05′27″S 150°06′58″E / 23.0907°S 150.116°E / -23.0907; 150.116 Fitzroy River Barrage (Queensland) 23°21′39″S 150°29′53″E / 23.3608°S 150.498°E / -23.3608; 150.498 Fletcher Creek Weir 23°45′48″S 150°22′01″E / 23.7632°S 150.367°E / -23.7632; 150.367 Flagstone Creek Weir 27°36′58″S 152°06′47″E / 27.6161°S 152.113°E / -27.6161; 152.113 Francis Weir 26°18′S 152°02′E / 26.30°S 152.04°E / -26.30; 152.04 Gatton Weir 27°33′36″S 152°15′18″E / 27.5600°S 152.2550°E / -27.5600; 152.2550 Giru Weir 19°30′37″S 147°06′47″E / 19.5102°S 147.1130°E / -19.5102; 147.1130 Glebe Weir 25°27′54″S 150°02′06″E / 25.4649°S 150.035°E / -25.4649; 150.035 Gleesons Weir 19°19′04″S 146°44′42″E / 19.3177°S 146.745°E / -19.3177; 146.745 Glenore Weir 17°51′39″S 141°07′48″E / 17.8609°S 141.130°E / -17.8609; 141.130 Glenore Grove Weir 27°31′07″S 152°24′18″E / 27.5185°S 152.405°E / -27.5185; 152.405 Goondiwindi Weir 28°33′00″S 150°15′00″E / 28.550°S 150.25°E / -28.550; 150.25 Gorge Weir 20°28′22″S 147°17′24″E / 20.4727°S 147.29°E / -20.4727; 147.29 Granite Creek Weir 17°00′58″S 145°22′34″E / 17.016°S 145.376°E / -17.016; 145.376 Grantham Weir 27°34′32″S 152°13′01″E / 27.5755°S 152.217°E / -27.5755; 152.217 Gyranda Weir 25°17′00″S 150°10′55″E / 25.2834°S 150.182°E / -25.2834; 150.182 Imbil Weir 26°27′30″S 152°41′02″E / 26.4582°S 152.684°E / -26.4582; 152.684

Name Coordinates Intake Weir 26°35′00″S 152°52′59″E / 26.5833°S 152.883°E / -26.5833; 152.883 Jack Taylor Weir 28°02′38″S 148°34′02″E / 28.04395°S 148.56721°E / -28.04395; 148.56721 Joe Sippel Weir 26°16′07″S 152°00′25″E / 26.2687°S 152.007°E / -26.2687; 152.007 John Goleby Weir 25°15′18″S 151°08′53″E / 25.2549°S 151.148°E / -25.2549; 151.148 Jones Weir 25°35′40″S 151°17′49″E / 25.5945°S 151.297°E / -25.5945; 151.297 Jordan's Weir 27°32′32″S 152°19′12″E / 27.5421°S 152.320°E / -27.5421; 152.320 Junction Weir 27°56′08″S 152°35′53″E / 27.9356°S 152.5980°E / -27.9356; 152.5980 Kentville Weir 27°29′34″S 152°26′17″E / 27.4927°S 152.438°E / -27.4927; 152.438 Kilcoy Weir 26°55′12″S 152°34′55″E / 26.9199°S 152.5820°E / -26.9199; 152.5820 Kirar Weir (Eidsvold) 25°21′09″S 151°04′19″E / 25.3525°S 151.072°E / -25.3525; 151.072 Kolan Barrage 24°44′28″S 152°09′50″E / 24.741°S 152.164°E / -24.741; 152.164 Leafgold Weir 17°08′56″S 145°03′11″E / 17.1488°S 145.053°E / -17.1488; 145.053 Lower Flagstone Creek Weir 27°35′32″S 152°08′31″E / 27.5923°S 152.142°E / -27.5923; 152.142 Lower Tenthill Weir 27°35′34″S 152°14′10″E / 27.5929°S 152.236°E / -27.5929; 152.236 McCauley Weir 26°45′15″S 152°04′47″E / 26.7540700°S 152.07965523°E / -26.7540700; 152.07965523 Ma Ma Weir 27°39′24″S 152°09′40″E / 27.6568°S 152.1610°E / -27.6568; 152.1610 Maleny Weir 26°45′00″S 152°49′59″E / 26.750°S 152.833°E / -26.750; 152.833 Marian Weir 21°08′24″S 148°56′13″E / 21.1399°S 148.937°E / -21.1399; 148.937 Mary Barrage 25°35′14″S 152°37′25″E / 25.58733°S 152.62366°E / -25.58733; 152.62366 Mirani Weir 21°10′36″S 148°49′48″E / 21.1768°S 148.830°E / -21.1768; 148.830 Monto Weir 24°51′29″S 151°06′22″E / 24.858°S 151.106°E / -24.858; 151.106 Moolabah Weir 27°59′28″S 148°44′06″E / 27.99112°S 148.73498°E / -27.99112; 148.73498 Moura Weir 24°35′22″S 149°54′07″E / 24.5895°S 149.902°E / -24.5895; 149.902 Mount Crosby Weir 27°32′15″S 152°47′53″E / 27.5374°S 152.798°E / -27.5374; 152.798 Mulgildie Weir 25°01′08″S 151°05′35″E / 25.0189°S 151.093°E / -25.0189; 151.093 Mulgowie Weir 27°45′12″S 152°22′19″E / 27.7533°S 152.372°E / -27.7533; 152.372 Mungungo Weir 24°45′51″S 151°09′36″E / 24.7641°S 151.1600°E / -24.7641; 151.1600 Murgon Weir 26°15′54″S 151°54′54″E / 26.265°S 151.915°E / -26.265; 151.915 Nanango Weir 26°39′01″S 151°55′26″E / 26.6502°S 151.9240°E / -26.6502; 151.9240 Ned Churchward Weir 25°03′03″S 152°05′53″E / 25.0509°S 152.0980°E / -25.0509; 152.0980 Neil Turner Weir 26°28′15″S 147°57′32″E / 26.47096°S 147.95891°E / -26.47096; 147.95891 Neville Hewitt Weir 24°10′17″S 149°48′50″E / 24.1714°S 149.8140°E / -24.1714; 149.8140 Orange Creek Weir 24°57′45″S 150°04′23″E / 24.96250°S 150.07317°E / -24.96250; 150.07317 O'Reillys Weir 27°25′05″S 152°35′28″E / 27.4180°S 152.5910°E / -27.4180; 152.5910 Proston Weir 26°12′03″S 151°32′49″E / 26.2007°S 151.547°E / -26.2007; 151.547 Sandy Creek Weir 27°38′14″S 152°19′55″E / 27.6371°S 152.332°E / -27.6371; 152.332 Selma Weir 22°32′31″S 148°08′46″E / 22.542°S 148.146°E / -22.542; 148.146 Silverleaf Weir 26°09′57″S 151°48′50″E / 26.1659°S 151.814°E / -26.1659; 151.814 Solarnum Weir 17°12′14″S 145°03′50″E / 17.2039°S 145.064°E / -17.2039; 145.064 Tartrus Weir 22°57′26″S 149°25′19″E / 22.9571°S 149.4220°E / -22.9571; 149.4220 Talgai Weir 27°59′28″S 151°45′29″E / 27.991°S 151.758°E / -27.991; 151.758 Tenthill Weir 27°38′15″S 152°12′58″E / 27.6376°S 152.216°E / -27.6376; 152.216 Teddington Weir 25°39′00″S 152°39′58″E / 25.6501°S 152.666°E / -25.6501; 152.666 Theodore Weir 24°57′01″S 150°04′00″E / 24.9502°S 150.0666°E / -24.9502; 150.0666 Tinana Barrage 25°34′10″S 152°43′08″E / 25.5695°S 152.7190°E / -25.5695; 152.7190 Val Bird Weir 19°33′49″S 147°05′46″E / 19.5637°S 147.096°E / -19.5637; 147.096 Walla Weir 25°03′07″S 152°05′56″E / 25.052°S 152.099°E / -25.052; 152.099 Whetstone Weir 28°28′01″S 150°57′18″E / 28.4669°S 150.955°E / -28.4669; 150.955 Wilson Weir 27°32′23″S 152°20′31″E / 27.5397°S 152.342°E / -27.5397; 152.342 Yarramalong Weir 27°50′07″S 151°27′00″E / 27.8353°S 151.4499°E / -27.8353; 151.4499 Youlambie Weir 24°49′09″S 151°05′46″E / 24.8192°S 151.096°E / -24.8192; 151.096

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[edit] South Australia

[edit] 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 restablished as a recreational park in 1986)
• Warren Reservoir

[edit] Regional South Australia

• Baroota Reservoir
• Beetaloo Reservoir
• Bundaleer Reservoir
• Blue Lake
• Middle River Reservoir
• Tod River Reservoir

[edit] Tasmania

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Anthony Dam; Anthony Levee; Lake Plimsoll Augusta Dam Lake Barrington; Devils Gate Dam Brady's Lake Briseis Dam Lake Burbury; Crotty Dam; Darwin Dam Cascade Dam Catagunya Cethana Clarence Dam Lake King William; Clark Dam ( Butlers Gorge Power Station) Cluny Craigborne Dam Curries River Reservoir Lake Echo Electrolytic Zinc, Risdon Flagstaff Gully Dam Ford Dam Frome Dam (Moorina_Power_Station)

Lake Gordon Great Lake; Miena; Miena No. 2 Guide River Reservoir Hall No 2 Henty Dam (Anthony Power Development) Knights Creek Reservoir Laughing Jack Dam Liapootah Limekiln Gully Reservoir Lower Reservoir Lake Mackintosh Lake Margaret Meadowbank Monarch Dam Mount Paris Dam Lake Murchison ( Murchison River) Newton Dam (Anthony Power Development) Lake Parangana Lake Pedder; Edgar Dam; Scotts Peak Dam; Serpentine Dam

Pet River Scheme Lake Pieman; Reece Pine Tier Dam Repulse Ridgeway Reservoir Rileys Creek Reservoir Risdon Brook Dam Lake Rosebery; Bastyan; Bastyan Levee Rowallan Lake Samuel Stanton Dam Taylor No 3 Tolosa Park Reservoir Tullabardine Dam Trevallyn Dam Upper Grassy Dam Upper Reservoir Wayatinah White Spur Dam (Anthony Power Development) Wilmot

[edit] Victoria

[edit] Melbourne Water area

• Anakie Gorge
• Cardinia Reservoir
• Thomson Reservoir
• Sugarloaf Reservoir
• Silvan Reservoir
• Upper Yarra Reservoir
• Yan Yean Reservoir
• Melton Reservoir
• Greenvale Reservoir
• O'Shannassy Weir
• Devilbend Reservoir
• Tarago Reservoir

[edit] Regional Victoria

• Waranga Basin
• Dartmouth Dam
• Lake Eildon
• Lauriston Reservoir
• Malsmbury Reservoir
• Upper Coliban Reservoir
• Lake Eppalock
• Blue Rock Dam
• Moondara Reservoir
• Rocklands Reservoir

[edit] Barwon Water area

• Wurdee Boluc Reservoir
• West Barwon Reservoir
• Allen Reservoir
• Marengo Basin
• Korweinguboora Reservoir
• Bostock Reservoir
• Stony Creek Reservoirs
• Painkalac Reservoir
• West Gellibrand and Olangolah Reservoirs and No. 4 & No.5 Basins

[edit] Western Australia

[edit] Metropolitan Supply

Araluen Pumpback Dam Bickley Pumpback Dam Bold Park Reservoir Buckland Hill Reservoir Canning Dam Churchman Brook Dam Conjurinup Creek Dam Greenmount Reservoir Lower South Dandalup Pumpback Dam

Melville Reservoir Mt Eliza Reservoir Mt Hawthorn Reservoir Mt Tamworth Reservoir Mt Yokine Reservoir Mirrabooka Reservoir Neerabup Reservoir North Dandalup Dam Richmond Reservoir Samson Brook Dam

Serpentine Dam Serpentine Pipehead Dam South Dandalup Dam Stirling Dam Thompsons Lake Reservoir Victoria Dam Wanneroo Reservoir Whitfords Reservoir Wungong Dam

[edit] Goldfields Supply Kalgoorlie Reservoir No1 Kalgoorlie Reservoir No2 Kalgoorlie Reservoir No3 Lower Helena Pumpback Dam Mt Charlotte Reservoir Mundaring Weir

[edit] Mid West Region Allanooka Storage Bootenal Storage

[edit] North West Region Fitzroy River Barrage Harding River Dam Lake Argyle Lake Kununurra Moochalabara Dam Seventeen Mile Dam

[edit] Great Southern Region

Bolganup Dam Borden No 1 Dam Borden No 2 Dam Bottle Creek Dam Brookton Dam Cranbrook Dam 1 Cranbrook Dam 2 Cranbrook Dam 3 Cuballing Reservoir Dumbleyung Dam Frankland Dam Gnowangerup No 1 Dam Gnowangerup No 2 Dam Horsley Reservoir Hyden Humps Dam

Jerramungup No 1 Dam Jerramungup No 2 Dam Karlgarin Reservoir Kojonup Dam Kondinin/Yeerakine Dam Kukerin Reservoir Lake Grace No 1 Dam Lake King Dam Mt Barker Reservoir Mt Clarence Reservoir Munglinup Dam Newdegate Turkey Nest Dam Nyabing Dam Ongerup No 1 Dam Ongerup No 2 Dam

Ongerup No 3 Dam Pingrup Dam Pinwernying Dam Puntapin Dam Ravensthorpe Dam 1 Ravensthorpe Dam 2 Ravensthorpe Dam 3 Ravensthorpe Dam 4 Rocky Gully Tambellup No 1 Dam Varley Dam Wandering No 1 Dam Wandering No 2 Dam Wave Rock Dam

[edit] South West Region

Balingup Dam Big Brook Dam Boyup Brook Dam Drakesbrook Dam Dumpling Gully No1 Dam Dumpling Gully No2 Dam Glen Mervyn Dam Harvey Dam

Harris River Dam Hester Dam Kirup Dam Logue Brook Dam Manjimup Dam Millstream Dam Mungalup Dam Nannup Dam

Phillips Creek Dam Quinninup Dam Samson Brook Dam Stirling Dam Ten Mile Brook Dam Waroona Dam Wellington Dam

[edit] See also

• List of reservoirs and dams
• Lakes of Australia
• Lakes and Reservoirs in Melbourne

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Melbourne Water Reservoirs
• Sydney Dam levels and statistics
• Dams of Western Australia
• SE Queensland Dam Levels
• Lake Awoonga, Via Benaraby near Gladstone in Central Queensland

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