Wungong Dam

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Wungong Dam
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Wungong Dam in November 2024
CountryAustralia
Location Bedfordale, City of Armadale, Western Australia
Coordinates 32°12′03″S116°03′51″E / 32.2007°S 116.0643°E / -32.2007; 116.0643
Opening date1979
Owner(s) Water Corporation
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Earth fill dam
Height65 metres
Length460 metres
Spillway type Chute spillway
Reservoir
CreatesWungong Reservoir
Catchment area 132km²
Wungong Dam
Official nameWungong Dam
TypeCity of Armadale Municipal Inventory
Designated1 December 2008
Reference no. 18963

Wungong Dam is a dam in Western Australia. It is located in the Wungong Brook Valley of the Darling Range, eight kilometres south of Churchman Brook Dam.

The creation of the dam was announced in March 1923 by Premier James Mitchell as part of the Hills Water Supply Scheme, along with Churchman Brook Dam and Canning Dam. The scheme was intended to rectify severe water shortages in metropolitan Perth. [1] A pipehead dam was built on the brook in 1925 and construction of the current dam commenced in 1975. A number of farms that had been established within the catchment of the dam were resumed and their built infrastructure demolished. The completed dam was opened in 1979. [2] It has a capacity of 59.8 gigalitres and a catchment area of 132 km2. [3] [4] [5]

The dam is on the City of Armadale's heritage list, having been registered on 1 December 2008. [6]

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  2. Wungong Dam Heritage Council of Western Australia
  3. Wong Dam Water Corporation
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