| Poona Dam | |
| Location Map: | Queensland |
| Location Map Caption: | Location of the Poona Dam in Queensland |
| Coordinates: | -26.5961°N 152.91°W |
| Country: | Australia |
| Location: | South East Queensland |
| Purpose: | Potable water storage |
| Status: | O |
| Operator: | SEQ Water |
| Dam Type: | E |
| Dam Length: | 650m (2,130feet) |
| Dam Crosses: | Tributary of South Maroochy River |
| Spillway Type: | Uncontrolled |
| Res Capacity Total: | 655ML[1] |
| Res Catchment: | 0.8km2 |
| Res Surface: | 17ha |
| Res Max Width: | 410m (1,350feet) |
The Poona Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam with a toe drain with an un-gated spillway across a tributary of the South Maroochy River in Kureelpa, Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] The main purpose of the dam is for storage of potable water for the Sunshine Coast region.[1] The impounded reservoir is also called Poona Dam.
The dam is located north-west of .
The earthen dam structure is long and holds back the 655ML reservoir when at full capacity. From a catchment area of, the reservoir has a surface area of 17ha and a maximum width of 410m (1,350feet). Initially managed by the Maroochy Shire Council, management of the dam was transferred to SEQ Water in July 2008 as part of a water security project in the South East Queensland region, known as the South East Queensland Water Grid.[3]
Recreation is not permitted on the dam and in its surrounds.[1]
In 2008, the body of a deceased man was found on the eastern spillway of the dam wall.[4] [5]