| Orange Grove Perth, Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 Bickley Dam and Reservoir panorama | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 32°01′19″S116°01′37″E / 32.022°S 116.027°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 726 (SAL 2021) [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6109 | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Gosnells | ||||||||||||||
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| Federal division(s) | Burt | ||||||||||||||
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Orange Grove is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia in the City of Gosnells.
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Despite the name, Bickley Dam is situated within Orange Grove. It was constructed in 1921 on Bickley Brook, a tributary of the Canning River.
This created Bickley Reservoir, which has a capacity of 60 megalitres (16 million US gallons). It is a source of drinking water for the Integrated Water Supply System (IWSS) which services Perth, Mandurah, Pinjarra, Harvey and the Goldfields and Agricultural regions. It was used as a direct source of water for Perth until 1994. Since 1994, however, it has operated as a pumpback for Victoria Reservoir due to low pipeline pressure and poor water quality. [2]
