Googong Dam
Googong Dam is a minor ungated earth and rock fill with clay core embankment dam with concrete chute spillway plus a nearby 13 metres (43 ft) high earthfill saddle embankment across the Queanbeyan River upstream of Queanbeyan in the Capital Country region of New South Wales, Australia. The dam's purpose includes water supply for Canberra and Queanbeyan. The impounded reservoir is called Googong Reservoir.
| Googong Dam | |
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Googong Dam wall and reservoir, 2006 | |
Location of the Googong Dam in New South Wales | |
| Country | Australia |
| Location | Queanbeyan, New South Wales |
| Coordinates | 35°24′54″S 149°15′04″E |
| Purpose | Water supply |
| Status | Operational |
| Opening date | 1979 |
| Owner(s) | Commonwealth of Australia, [Icon Water] (manage) |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Type of dam | Embankment dam |
| Impounds | Queanbeyan River |
| Height | 66 m (217 ft) |
| Length | 417 m (1,368 ft) |
| Elevation at crest | 663 m (2,175 ft) AHD |
| Dam volume | 818 m3 (28,900 cu ft) |
| Spillways | 2 |
| Spillway type | Converging chute |
| Spillway capacity | 10,500 m3/s (370,000 cu ft/s) |
| Reservoir | |
| Creates | Googong Reservoir |
| Total capacity | 119,400 ML (2.63×1010 imp gal; 3.15×1010 US gal) |
| Catchment area | 873 km2 (337 sq mi) |
| Surface area | 696 ha (1,720 acres) |
Googong Dam was created through enabling legislation enacted via the passage of the Canberra Water Supply (Goodong Dam) Act, 1974.
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