Cooloolabin Dam Explained

Cooloolabin Dam
Pushpin Map:Queensland
Location: Northwest of Nambour, Queensland
Coords:-26.5503°N 152.88°W
Type:Reservoir
Inflow:South Maroochy River
Catchment:8.1km2
Basin Countries:Australia
Area:220ha
Volume:8183ML

Cooloolabin Dam is a concrete gravity dam on Rocky Creek located to the west of Yandina in the headwaters of the South Maroochy River waterway. The main dam wall is 19m (62feet) high and long, the five saddle dams total in length. The dam was completed in 1979 with a capacity of 13600ML and overflowed for the first time in 1988. As part of the seqwater Dam Improvement Program, a section of the spillway was cut away in 2015 to lower the spillway by, reducing the full supply capacity to 8183ML.[1] [2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cooloolabin Seqwater. 2021-10-28. www.seqwater.com.au.
  2. Web site: Qld Department of Natural Resources, Mines, and Energy. Cooloolabin Dam Emergency Action Plan. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170313134241/http://data.dnrm.qld.gov.au/eap/cooloolabin-eap.pdf . 13 March 2017 .