Lake Clarendon Dam | |
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Location of the Lake Clarendon Dam in Queensland | |
Country | Australia |
Location | South East Queensland |
Coordinates | 27°30′55″S152°21′4″E / 27.51528°S 152.35111°E |
Purpose | Irrigation |
Status | Operational |
Opening date | 1992 |
Operator(s) | SEQ Water |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Embankment dam |
Impounds | Off-stream |
Height | 13.1 m (43 ft) |
Length | 4,200 m (13,800 ft) |
Dam volume | 1,400×10 3 m3 (49×10 6 cu ft) |
Spillway type | Uncontrolled |
Spillway capacity | 62 m3/s (2,200 cu ft/s) |
Reservoir | |
Creates | Lake Clarendon |
Total capacity | 24,276 ML (5.340×109 imp gal; 6.413×109 US gal) [1] |
Catchment area | 3.4 km2 (1.3 sq mi) |
Surface area | 339 ha (840 acres) |
Maximum water depth | 13 m (43 ft) |
Normal elevation | 96 m (315 ft) AHD |
Website www.seqwater.com.au |
The Lake Clarendon Dam is a rock and earth-fill embankment dam with an un-gated spillway located off-stream in the locality of Lake Clarendon in the Lockyer Valley Region, South East Queensland, Australia. The main purpose of the dam is for irrigation of the Lockyer Valley. [2] [3] The resultant impounded reservoir is called Lake Clarendon.
Located 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) northeast of Gatton, the Lake Clarendon Dam is part of a number of small dams built above the Lockyer Valley to supply water for irrigation purposes.
The 4,200 m (13,800 ft) long rock and earthfill structure has a maximum height of 13.1 m (43 ft) and an overflow spillway which diverts excess water into a series of open channels that eventually flow into the Lockyer Creek. The dam creates a reservoir, Lake Clarendon, with a storage capacity of 24,276 megalitres (5.340×109 imp gal; 6.413×109 US gal) and a maximum surface area of 339 hectares (840 acres). The dam is managed by SEQ Water.
Completed in 1992, by mid-2006 the dam was empty due to drought conditions in Australia. [4] In January 2011, the dam was over 80% full according to the Queensland Water Commission website.
A Stocked Impoundment Permit is no longer required to fish in the reservoir. Lake Clarendon was removed from the SIP scheme in 2012. [5]
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