Lower Helena Pipehead Dam

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Looking from the north west at buildings and water Helena River valley at Pumpback dam.jpg
Looking from the north west at buildings and water

The Lower Helena Pipehead Dam, also known as the Lower Helena Pumpback Dam, catchment and pipeline are a part of the Goldfields Water Supply operations at Mundaring Weir, some distance east in the same valley, in the Darling Range in Western Australia.

The suburb Helena Valley is a few kilometres downstream of the dam.

The dam was first constructed in the early 1970s, on the Helena River at a location on the southern boundary of the suburb of Darlington.

By the 1980s and 1990s, the catchment and water quality saw a number of studies and reports. [1] [2] [3]

Into the 2000s, further research continued, [4] and the upper parts of the catchment area were being considered as restricted activity zones. [5] [6]

Notes

  1. Edward, D. H; Water Authority of Western Australia; University of Western Australia. Aquatic Research Laboratory (1990), Stream fauna study : bioaccumulation of organochlorine pesticides by the freshwater mussel, Westralunio carteri Iredale, Piesse Gully, lower Helena River catchment, The Laboratory, retrieved 10 July 2017
  2. Beor, Perry John (1983), Management of the Lower Helena catchment area , retrieved 9 July 2017
  3. Conti, L; Wilke, S; Koska, L; Water Authority of Western Australia. Headworks and Treatment Region; Water Authority of Western Australia. Scientific Services Branch (1991), Lower Helena catchment water quality study, Headworks & Treatment Region [and] Scientific Services Branch, Water Authority of Western Australia, retrieved 9 July 2017
  4. Kapernick, A. P; Dunn, A; Carter, S; Mueller, J (1 January 2005), Western Australia Water Corporation Passive Sampling Study, Study Site: Lower Helena Catchment, EnTox, The University of Queensland, retrieved 10 July 2017
  5. Western Australian Planning Commission; Western Australia. Water and Rivers Commission (2003), Middle Helena catchment area land use and water management strategy : published by the Western Australian Planning Commission for public comment, August 2003, Western Australian Planning Commission, ISBN   978-0-7309-9393-3
  6. Western Australian Planning Commission (2010), Middle Helena catchment area land use and water management strategy, Western Australian Planning Commission, ISBN   978-0-7309-9976-8

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