| Blue Rock Dam | |
| Location Map: | Victoria |
| Coordinates: | -38.0797°N 146.2275°W |
| Country: | Australia |
| Purpose: | P |
| Status: | O |
| Construction Began: | 1979 |
| Opening: | 1984 |
| Operator: | Southern Rural Water |
| Dam Type: | E |
| Dam Volume: | 1.514e6m3 |
| Spillway Count: | 1 |
| Res Name: | Blue Rock Lake |
| Res Capacity Total: | 208000ML |
| Plant Name: | Blue Rock Dam Power Station |
| Plant Operator: | Pacific Energy |
| Plant Commission: | 1992 |
| Website: | Blue Rock Dam at Southern Rural Water |
The Blue Rock Dam is a minor rock-fill embankment dam with controlled chute spillway across the Tanjil River, located approximately north of Moe, in the Central Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. The dam is operated by Southern Rural Water.
The dam was built to provide cooling water for the thermal power stations of the Latrobe Valley and to augment domestic water supplies.[1]
The Blue Rock Lake has two recreation areas on its shore and small power boats are allowed to be used.[2] [3]
In 1992 Pacific Energy installed a small 2.4MW hydroelectric generator that is linked to the national grid.[4]
Jaidyn Leskie was a one-year-old boy who disappeared from his babysitter's house in Moe on 15 June 1997. A large scale search for the boy in the hope of finding him still alive was unsuccessful. His body was found on 1 January 1998 at Blue Rock Dam, 18km (11miles) north of Moe.[5] His body had been preserved by the cold waters of the lake through winter. The clothing he was wearing was subject to a DNA test in an effort to solve the crime.[6]