Blue Rock Dam Explained

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.

Features and location

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

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]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.gippswater.com.au/residential/what-we-do/water-supply Water supply, Gippsland Water
  2. http://www.indepthangler.com.au/news/blue-rock-dam-new-boating-regulations/ Blue Rock Dam - New Boating Regulations
  3. http://agriculture.vic.gov.au/fisheries/recreational-fishing/target-one-million/blue-rock-bass/blue-rock-lake-tagged-bass-challenge Blue Rock Lake Tagged Bass Challenge
  4. Web site: Register of Large Dams in Australia. Excel (requires download). The Australian National Committee on Large Dams Incorporated. 2010. 22 February 2014. Dams information. 12 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131212120804/http://www.ancold.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Dams-Australia-2010-v1-for-website.xls. dead.
  5. Web site: Riddle of a Sad Little Death. https://archive.today/20121215182037/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20525703-28737,00.html. dead. 15 December 2012. 2008-03-19. 5 October 2006. Stuart Rintoul . Stuart Rintoul (journalist). The Australian.
  6. Web site: Leskie Bib Puts Science in the Dock. 2008-03-19. 22 November 2003. Stephen Cauchi. The Age.