Cooloolabin Dam is a concrete gravity dam on Rocky Creek located to the west of Yandina in the headwaters of the South Maroochy River waterway. The main dam wall is 19-metre (62 ft) high and 243 m (797 ft) long, the five saddle dams total 1,100 m (3,600 ft) in length. The dam was completed in 1979 with a capacity of 13,600 ML (11,000 acre⋅ft) and overflowed for the first time in 1988. As part of the seqwater Dam Improvement Program, a section of the spillway was cut away in 2015 to lower the spillway by 3 metres (9.8 ft), reducing the full supply capacity to 8,183 ML (6,634 acre⋅ft).[1][2]
| Cooloolabin Dam | |
|---|---|
 Cooloolabin Dam in 2021 | |
  Cooloolabin Dam | |
| Location | 12 km (7.5 mi) Northwest of Nambour, Queensland |
| Coordinates | 26°33′01″S 152°52′48″E / 26.5503°S 152.88°E |
| Type | Reservoir |
| Primary inflows | South Maroochy River |
| Catchment area | 8.1 km2 (3.1 sq mi) |
| Basin countries | Australia |
| Surface area | 220 ha (540 acres) |
| Water volume | 8,183 ML (6,634 acre⋅ft) |
See also
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References
edit- ^ "Cooloolabin | Seqwater". www.seqwater.com.au. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- ^ "Cooloolabin Dam Emergency Action Plan" (PDF). Qld Department of Natural Resources, Mines, and Energy. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 March 2017.
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