hydro plants Dams &


Start of


Country/Name of dam


Australia (cont) Dumbleton Weir Dungowan E Z Risdon


East Leichhardt Edgar


Eel Hole Creek Eildon


Enlarged Cotter


Enlarged Cotter SD 1 Enlarged Cotter SD 2 Enoggera


Enoggera Army Eppalock


Etherington Eucumbene Eungella Evansford


Ewen Maddock Expedition Pass Fairbairn Fattorini


Fingal Pastoral No 2 Flagstaff


Flood Control Dam 10B Flood Control Dam 11 Ford


Fountaindale Frankston Fred Haigh Frome


Gap Creek Geehi


Ginninderra Glen Mervyn


Glenbawn Glenlyon


Glenmaggie


Glennies Creek Glenquarry Cut Gold Creek Gong Gong Googong Gordon


Gordonbrook Goulburn Weir Greaves Creek


Greenstone Creek Greenvale


Guide River Gungahlin


Guthega Hall No 2 Happy Jack Happy Valley Harding


const- ruction


n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s


Year


comp- leted/ due River/basin


1992 Pioneer


1957 Dungowan Creek 1951 (offstream)


1960 East Leichhardt 1973 (offstream)


1962 Eel Hole Creek 1956 Goulburn


2009 2012 Cotter n/s n/s n/s


n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s


n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s


n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s


2012 Cotter 2012 Cotter


1866 Enoggera Creek 1971 Sandy Creek 1964 Campaspe 1985 Tr - Murray 1958 Eucumbene 1969 Broken


1887 McCallums Creek 1976 Addlington Creek 1869 Forest Creek 1972 Nogoa


2000 (offstream) 1997 -


1962 Kangaroo Rvt 1987 Tr - Dry Creek 1987 Tr - Dry Creek 1984 Eastford Creek


1915 Fountaindale Creek 1920 Sweetwater Creek 1975 Kolan 1908 Frome


1993 (unnamed) 1966 Geehi


1975 Ginninderra


1969 Lyall's Millstream 1958 Hunter


1976 Pike Creek 1927 Macalister


1983 Glennies Creek 1974 (offstream) 1885 Gold Creek


1877 Fellmonger's Creek 1977 Queanbeyan 1974 Gordon 1942 Stuart


1890 Goulburn


1942 Greaves Creek 1969 Greenstone Creek 1972 Yuroke Creek 1982 Guide


1992 Ginninderra 1955 Snowy


1984 Meadsfield Creek 1959 Tumut


1896 (offstream) 1985 Harding


District/city


Pleystowe Tamworth Hobart


Mount Isa Hobart


Morwell Eildon


Canberra Canberra Canberra Brisbane


Brisbane Bendigo


Dwellingup Cooma


Eungella Clunes


Landsborough Castlemaine Emerald Kempsey Fingal Hobart


Adelaide Adelaide


Devonport Kiama


Frankston Gin Gin


Launceston


Charters Towers Cooma


Canberra Collie


Scone Texas Sale


Singleton Moss Vale Brisbane Ballarat


Queanbeyan Queenstown Kingaroy Nagambie Katoomba Gunpowder Melbourne Burnie


Canberra Cooma


Hobart Cooma


Adelaide Karratha


State/province Queensland


New South Wales Tasmania


Queensland Tasmania Victoria Victoria


Australian Capital Territory


Australian Capital Territory


Australian Capital Territory


Queensland Queensland Victoria


Western Australia New South Wales Queensland Victoria


Queensland Victoria


Queensland


New South Wales Tasmania Tasmania


South Australia South Australia Tasmania


New South Wales Victoria


Queensland Tasmania


Queensland New South Wales


Australian Capital Territory


Western Australia New South Wales Queensland Victoria


New South Wales New South Wales Queensland Victoria


New South Wales Tasmania


Queensland Victoria


New South Wales Queensland Victoria


Tasmania


Australian Capital Territory


New South Wales Tasmania


New South Wales South Australia Western Australia


Dam type


PG Dam function R


TE W 21 ER


R,W H,I


Height (m) above lowest


foundation 15


TE W 34 ER W 17 TE/ER R,W TE


27 17


83


PG (RCC) W 87 ER W 15 ER W 18 TE


TE ER


R,W R,W I,W


H I,W


28 18 45


TE W 17 TE ER


R,W R


TE W 24 TE


R,W I


ER/TE W 15 TE TE


R R


R H R H


16


TE W 16 VA W 15 TE W 19 ER ER TE ER TE


TE ER ER PG ER


R,W I


I,W R


I,H R


R 20


100 62 37 67


PG W 18 TE W 26 TE W 30 ER VA


67


TE/ER W 21 PG


W,R I


TE W 15 TE


R,W R


PG H R


TE W 17 PG H


TE W 24 ER


140 15


VA W 19 VA W 18.3 TE


52 16 34 29 45


52 18 15 91 17


116 49


PG W 17 TE TE TE


28 18 49


15 15


Rated


Crest length (m)


Dam


volume (m3x103)


217 10 342 320 161 65 160 115 460 96 1676 842


340 -


230 - 250 61


-


300 100 475 360 1041 816


Reservoir capacity (m3x106)


8.78 5.7


0.09 12.1


2960 30.84


983 10200 3390 330 400


78 - -


4.5 0.2


312 0.21


728 352 240 59


112.4 1.62 16.7 0.55


2.5 16


102 19 240 - 102 2 264 -


1.14 0.28 0.04 0.02 0.72 0.06 0.68


1.82 3.4


3.7


capacity now (MW)


- - - - - -


133 -


- - -


-


2.4 -


579 6735 4798.4 - 276 524 76


823 5249 1440 850 440 280 - 169 46 76


646 1060 586 183 25 320 -


265 1421 21.09 365 174


213 69 1.88


1125 10788 870 445 1450 254 295 77 550 875 40


3


191 106 278 170 417 818 192 154 480 120 212 14 67 90


1 2


123 0.31


2500 6900 27.5 130 55 360 65


139 44 100 - 76


9


806 547 320 726


0.5 1.6


0.13 0.27


14.53 63.8


13.57 1.8


- - - - - - - - - - - - - -


1 -


950 -


-


6 -


190.41 4 283 34.2 0.8 1.9


- - - - -


12500 432 6.5 25


- - - - - - -


60 - - - -


Rated


capacity planned (MW)


- - - - - -


133 -


- - -


-


2.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -


1 -


950 -


-


6 -


4 - - - - -


432 - - - - - - -


60 - - - -


Initial


operation of hydro plant Dam owner


n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s


n/s n/s n/s


n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s


SunWater


Tamworth City Council Pasminco


Dept of Natural Resources & Water Hydro Electric Commission


International Power Hazelwood Goulburn-Murray Water ACTEW Corp


ACTEW Corp ACTEW Corp


Brisbane City Council


Commonwealth of Australia Goulburn-Murray Water Etherington & Sons Pty Snowy Hydro SunWater


Central Highlands Water Caloundra City Council


Mount Alexander Shire Council/Coliban Water SunWater


Kempsey City Council n/a


Hobart Water


City of Salisbury City of Salisbury


n/s M W Ford & Co n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s


n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s


n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s


WA Water Corp Dept Land Water Conservation


Dumaresq-Barwon Border Rivers Commission Southern Rural Water


Dept Land Water Conservation Sydney Catchment Authority SEQWater


Central Highlands Water ACTEW Corp


Hydro Tasmania


South Burnett Regional Council Goulburn-Murray Water


Sydney Catchment Authority Consolidated Goldfields Australia Melbourne Water Corp Municipality of Burnie ACT Government


Snowy Hydro G Hall & Sons Snowy Hydro


South Australian Water Corp WA Water Corp


Kiama Municipal Council Melbourne Water Corp SunWater


Moorina Hydro Pty


Mt Leyshon Gold Mines Snowy Hydro ACTEW Corp


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