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Fitzroy Falls Dam

Fitzroy Falls Dam
Fitzroy Falls Reservoir.jpg
The Fitzroy Falls Reservoir, 2015
Fitzroy Falls Dam is located in New South Wales
Fitzroy Falls Dam
Location in New South Wales
Country Australia
Coordinates 34°38′46″S 150°29′15″E / 34.64611°S 150.48750°E / -34.64611; 150.48750Coordinates: 34°38′46″S 150°29′15″E / 34.64611°S 150.48750°E / -34.64611; 150.48750
Status Operational
Opening date 1974
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Embankment dam
Impounds Yarrunga Creek
Height 14 m (46 ft)
Length 1,530 m (5,020 ft)
Dam volume 760 m3 (27,000 cu ft)
Spillway capacity 516 m3/s (18,200 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
Creates Fitzroy Falls Reservoir
Total capacity 9,950 ML (351×10^6 cu ft)
Catchment area 31 km2 (12 sq mi)
Surface area 522 ha (1,290 acres)
Website
Fitzroy Falls Reservoir at www.sca.nsw.gov.au

Fitzroy Falls Dam in New South Wales, Australia, is part of the Shoalhaven Scheme, completed in 1974. It consists of four separate earth and rockfill embankments located on the Yarrunga Creek upstream of Fitzroy Falls and about 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) southeast of Moss Vale. The main embankment of 760 cubic metres (27,000 cu ft) is 14 metres (46 ft) high and 1,530 metres (5,020 ft) in length. At 100% capacity, the dam wall holds back approximately 9,950 megalitres (351×10^6 cu ft) of water, creating the impounded Fitzroy Falls Reservoir, which has a surface area of 522 hectares (1,290 acres), drawn from a catchment area of 31 square kilometres (12 sq mi). The spillway has a discharge capacity of 516 cubic metres per second (18,200 cu ft/s).

The 3,030-metre (9,940 ft) Wildes Meadow Canal connects the reservoir to the Burrawang Pumping Station. The 2,830-metre (9,280 ft) Burrawang Tunnel and 1,000-metre (3,300 ft) Canal join the pumping station to the Wingecarribee Reservoir.

Another canal links the reservoir to the Bendeela Pondage via the Bendeela Pumping and Power Station. This allows the Fitzroy Falls dam to both act as a storage pond for hydroelectric power generation, and to move water from the Tallowa Dam to the Wingecarribee and Warragamba catchments.


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