List of dams and reservoirs in Australia explained

Dams and reservoirs in Australia is a link page for any dam or reservoir in Australia.

Australian Capital Territory

There are three key water storage facilities located in the Australian Capital Territory. The fourth source of water for Canberra, Googong Dam, is in NSW. In addition, there are four smaller man-made reservoirs used for recreation and as traps for sediment and fertilizers.

Dams and reservoirs of the Australian Capital Territory

Image	Dam name	Reservoir name	Region(s)	Waterway(s) impounded	Dam type	Purpose(s)	Reservoir capacity	Coordinates
ML	Gal (Imp.)	Gal (US)
		Bendora Reservoir					11540ML	-35.447°N 148.828°W
		Corin Reservoir	Namadgi National Park	Cotter River		Water supply	75500ML	-35.5654°N 148.8311°W
		Cotter Reservoir		Cotter River		Water supply	78000ML	-35.3196°N 148.9385°W
	Ginninderra Weir				Artificial lake	Recreation				-35.2333°N 153°W
					Gravity	Recreation	27740ML	-35.2997°N 149.0722°W
	n/a			Off-stream	Artificial lake	Recreation				-35.4297°N 149.0697°W
	n/a				Artificial lake	Recreation				-35.4083°N 149.0667°W

New South Wales

There are dams, weirs, catchments, and barrages in New South Wales. Of these, 135 facilities are considered major dams according to the Australian National Committee on Large Dams.

Dams and reservoirs

The largest reservoir in New South Wales is the 4798000ML Lake Eucumbene in the Snowy Mountains, formed by the Eucumbene Dam.^[1]

Dams and reservoirs of New South Wales

Image	Dam name	Reservoir name	Region(s)	Waterway(s) impounded	Dam type	Purpose(s)	Reservoir capacity[2]	Coordinates[3]
ML	Gal (Imp.)	Gal (US)
		Avon Storage Reservoir					214360ML
						Water supply	4.4ML
		Bendeela Pondage				Water supply	1200ML
			South Coast			Water Supply	800ML
					Embankment	Water supply	30800ML
		Blowering Reservoir			Embankment	Flood mitigation Hydroelectricity Irrigation Water supply Conservation	1628000ML	-35.4014°N 148.2478°W
			South Coast		Embankment	Environmental flows Hydroelectricity Irrigation Water supply	8980ML
					Embankment	Flood mitigation Hydroelectricity Irrigation Water supply	1188000ML
		Lake Burrinjuck			Gravity		1026000ML
			Central West		Arch	Irrigation Water supply Water conservation	36400ML	-33.6167°N 149.1792°W
		Cascade Dam		Cascade Creek	Embankment	Water supply	1704ML	-33.6914°N 150.3014°W
		Cataract Reservoir	Sydney Macarthur Illawarra		Gravity	Water supply	94300ML
		Chaffey Dam			Embankment	Irrigation Water supply	102868ML
		Lake Chichester					21500ML
		Lake Clarrie Hall		Doon Doon Creek			16000ML
		Cochrane Lake	South Coast	Georges Creek			385ML
		Lake Copeton	New England		Embankment		1364000ML
			Sydney Macarthur Illawarra		Gravity	Water supply	93600ML	-34.3403°N 150.7431°W
		Deep Creek Reservoir	Snowy Mountains	Deep Creek			11ML
		Lake Eucumbene	Snowy Mountains		Embankment		4798000ML
		Fitzroy Falls Reservoir	South Coast	Yarrunga Creek	Embankment	Water supply	9950ML
		Geehi Reservoir	Snowy Mountains		Embankment		21093ML
		Lake Glenbawn	Hunter				750000ML
		Lake St Clair	Hunter	Hunter River			283000ML
		Googong Reservoir					121083ML
				Williams River		Water Supply	190000ML
		Guthega Pondage	Snowy Mountains		Gravity	Hydroelectricity	1604ML
		Happy Jacks Pondage	Snowy Mountains	Tumut River	Gravity	Hydroelectricity	271ML
		Lake Hume (on border with Victoria)	Riverina	Murray River	Embankment Gravity		3038000ML
		Island Bend Pondage	Snowy Mountains	Snowy River	Gravity	Hydroelectricity	3084ML
		Lake Jindabyne	Snowy Mountains	Snowy River	Embankment	Hydroelectricity	688000ML
		Jounama Pondage	Snowy Mountains	Tumut River	Embankment	Hydroelectricity	43542ML
		Lake Keepit	New England	Namoi River		Irrigation	425510ML
		Khancoban Reservoir	Snowy Mountains		Embankment	Hydroelectricity	26643ML
		Lake Rowlands	Central West	Coombing Rivulet	Concrete slab and buttress	Water supply	4500ML	-33.6712°N 149.1763°W
		Cecil Hills	South West Sydney	fed from canal	embankment	Water supply	170ML	-33.8899°N 150.8268°W
		Lostock Dam	Hunter		Embankment	Water Supply	20220ML
		Lake Lyell	Central West	Coxs River		Water Supply	34500ML
		Malpas Reservoir	New England	Gara River		Water Supply	13000ML
				Mangrove Creek		Water Supply	190000ML
		Manly Reservoir		Curl Curl Creek	Gravity	Flood Mitigation	2000ML	-33.7814°N 151.2558°W
		Medlow Bath Reservoir		Adams Creek	Blue Mountains	Water supply	304.5ML	-33.6583°N 150.2993°W
		Murray Two Pondage	Snowy Mountains	Khancoban Bank	Arch	Hydroelectricity	2344ML
			Sydney Macarthur Illawarra		Arch gravity	Water supply	70170ML	-34.3319°N 150.6181°W
		Lake Oberon	Central West	Fish River		Water Supply	45420ML
		Lake Pindari	North West Slopes			Hydroelectricity	312000ML
		Prospect Reservoir			Embankment	Water Supply	50200ML
			Northern Rivers	Rocky Creek		Water supply	14000ML
			Central Tablelands			Power station cooling	370ML
		Split Rock Reservoir	New England	Manilla River		Irrigation	397370ML
			Central West	Spring Creek	Minor embankment	Water supply	4680ML
		Stephens Creek Reservoir		Stephens Creek	Gravity	Water supply	2000ML	-31.8783°N 141.5944°W
		Suma Park Reservoir	Central West	Summer Hill Creek		Water Supply	17290ML
		Talbingo Reservoir	Snowy Mountains	Tumut River	Embankment	Hydroelectricity	921000ML
		Lake Yarrunga	South Coast		Gravity	Water supply	90000ML	-34.7728°N 150.3133°W
		Tantangara Reservoir	Snowy Mountains	Murrumbidge River	Gravity	Hydroelectricity	254099ML
			South Coast				90ML
		Tooma Reservoir	Snowy Mountains		Embankment	Hydroelectricity	28124ML	-36.0509°N 148.2751°W
		Lake Toonumbar	Northern Rivers	Iron Pot Creek		Water Supply	1100ML
		Tumut Pond Reservoir	Snowy Mountains	Tumut River			52793ML
		Tumut Two Reservoir	Snowy Mountains	Tumut River	Gravity	Hydroelectricity	2677ML
		Umberumberka Reservoir	Far West	Umberumberka Creek	Gravity	Water Supply	1950ML	-31.8136°N 141.2106°W
			Sydney Macarthur		Gravity	Water Supply	2027000ML	-33.8831°N 150.5956°W
		Wentworth Falls	Blue Mountains	Jamison Creek		NSWGR				-33.7037°N 150.372°W
		Wentworth Falls	Blue Mountains	Jamison Creek		NSWGR				-33.7112°N 150.3743°W
		Lake Windamere	Central West	Cudgegong River		Irrigation	368120ML	-32.7279°N 149.7735°W
		Wingecarribee Reservoir	South Coast		Embankment	Water supply	25875ML	-34.5414°N 150.4819°W
			Blue Mountains	Woodford Creek		Water Supply	1431ML
		Woronora Reservoir					71790ML
		Lake Wyangala	Central West	Lachlan River	Embankment	Flood mitigation Hydroelectricity Irrigation Water supply	1220000ML	-33.9731°N 148.9505°W
		Yellow Pinch Dam	South Coast	Yellow Pinch Creek	Embankment	Water supply	3000ML	-36.8319°N 149.8011°W

Weirs and barrages

Weir/barrage name		Coordinates
	North West Slopes	-28.9858°N 151.2768°W
	Upper Nepean	-34.2277°N 150.7425°W
	North West Slopes	-29.7922°N 151.1372°W
	Northern Rivers	-28.8498°N 153.391°W
	Western Sydney	-33.7413°N 150.6846°W
	Upper Nepean	-34.2451°N 150.6669°W
	North West Slopes	-29.4471°N 150.038°W

Cancelled and decommissioned

Image	Dam/reservoir name (where appropriate)		Status	Coordinates (where appropriate)
			Decommissioned	-33.8589°N 151.1822°W
		Sydney
		Central West	Decommissioned in 1962	-33.315°N 149.0844°W
		Sydney	Decommissioned in 1899
		Hunter	Proposed and cancelled in 2010	-32.3203°N 151.6861°W

Northern Territory

There are 805 named water storage facilities located in the Northern Territory.^[3] Of these, four facilities are considered major dams according to the Australian National Committee on Large Dams.^[2]

Dams of the Northern Territory

Image	Dam name	Reservoir name	Region(s)	Waterway(s) impounded	Dam type	Purpose(s)	Reservoir capacity	Coordinates
				Copperfield Creek			500ML
					Embankment	Water supply	265500ML	-12.8958°N 131.0389°W
						Recreation	15910ML	-12.8589°N 131.12°W
	Mary Ann Dam			Mary Ann Creek	Embankment	Recreation	450ML	-19.61°N 134.2117°W

Queensland

Dams and reservoirs

There are 183 key water storage facilities located in Queensland. These facilities represent a total capacity of 13389GL for Queensland. This does not include privately owned off-stream storage sites used for water harvesting.^[4]

Dams of Queensland

Image	Dam name	Reservoir name	Region(s)	Waterway(s) impounded	Dam type	Purpose(s)	Reservoir capacity	Coordinates
ML	Gal (Imp.)	Gal (US)
		Lake Atkinson		Buaraba Creek			30500ML	-27.4283°N 152.4442°W
	Awoonga Dam		Fitzroy	Boyne River	Embankment	Water Supply and Recreation	777000ML	-24.1314°N 151.5022°W
		Lake Bamboo	North	Bamboo Creek	Embankment	Recreation
		Lake Baroon		Obi Obi Creek	Embankment		61000ML	-26.7033°N 152.8681°W
			Far North	Belmore Creek	Embankment	Water Supply and Recreation	5800ML	-18.1792°N 142.2614°W
				Biggera Creek	Embankment		2980ML	810×10^6	980×10^6	-27.9483°N 153.3831°W
		Lake Dyer		Off-stream	Embankment	Irrigation	6940ML	-27.6278°N 152.3769°W
		Lake Barambah		Barker Creek	Embankment	Water Supply and Irrigation	134900ML
		Lake Boondooma			Embankment	Water Supply and Power Station	134900ML
				Boobir Creek	Embankment	Water Supply	179ML
		Lake Borumba		Yabba Creek	Embankment	Irrigation and Water Supply	33300ML
		Bromelton Offstream Storage	South East	Off-stream	Embankment	Water supply	8210ML	-27.9456°N 152.9539°W
	Burdekin Falls Dam	Lake Dalrymple	North	Burdekin River	Gravity	Irrigation & Water supply	1860000ML
				Isaac River	RCC Gravity	Water supply	14,829
				Callide Creek	Embankment	Water Supply	136,370
				Three Moon Creek	Embankment	Irrigation and Water Supply	88,580
				Deep Creek	Concrete gravity and rock embankment	Irrigation	730
		Lake Clarendon	South East Lockyer Valley	Off-stream	Embankment	Irrigation	24330ML	-27.5156°N 152.3511°W
				Rosenthal Creek	Embankment	Water Supply	2,157
		Cooby Creek Reservoir		Cooby Creek	Concrete faced rockfill	Water Supply	23,100
		Lake Coolmunda		Macintyre Brook	Ebankment	Irrigation and Water Supply	69,090
				Rocky Creek	Concrete Gravity	Water Supply	8,183
	Copperlode Falls Dam	Lake Morris		Freshwater Creek	Earth embankment	Water Supply	38,475
	Corella Dam	Lake Corella		Corella River	Rockfill Embankment	Water Supply	10,500
	Cressbrook Dam	Lake Cressbrook		Cressbrook Creek	Earthfill Embankment	Water Supply	81,800
	East Leichhardt Dam			East Leichhardt River		Water Supply	12,100
	E.J. Beardmore Dam	Lake Kajarabie		Balonne River	Earth and rockfill embankment	Irrigation and Water Supply	81,800
	Enoggera Dam	Enoggera Reservoir	South East Brisbane	Enoggera Creek	Earth-fill	Water supply	4567ML	990×10^6	1,200×10^6	-27.4472°N 152.9436°W
	Eungella Dam			Broken River	Earth and rockfill	Irrigation and Mining	112,400
	Ewen Maddock Dam		South East Sunshine Coast	Addlington Creek	Embankment	Water supply	16587ML	3.65×10^9	4.38×10^9	-26.6808°N 153.0061°W
		Lake Maraboon				Irrigation Water supply Flood mitigation	1301000ML	-23.65°N 148.0656°W
		Lake Monduran		Kolan River	Earthfill embankment	Irrigation and Water Supply	562,045
						Water Supply	5,200
		Lake Glenlyon		Pike Creek	Earth and rockfill embankment	Irrigation	254,000
		Gold Creek Reservoir	South East Brisbane		Embankment	Water supply	801ML	-27.4608°N 152.8811°W
				Stuart River	Earthfill embankment	Water Supply	6,800
	(no dam)						155ML
		Advancetown Lake	South East Gold Coast		Embankment	Water supply Flood mitigation	310730ML	-28.0506°N 153.2839°W
				Ibis Creek	Concrete Gravity	Water Supply	225
				Gibbs Creek	Timber and Concrete Weir	Water Supply	150
	Julius Dam			Leichhardt River	Multiple arch concrete buttress	Industrial and Town Water Supply	107,500
		Copperfield Dam		Copperfield River	Roller compacted concrete	Water Supply, Recreation, Pumped Hydro	20,600
				Sandy Creek	Earth and rockfill embankment	Irrigation	72,235
				Kroombit Creek	Roller Compacted Concrete	Groundwater Recharge	14,600
				Tully River	Concrete Gravity	Hydroelectricity	186,750
		Isis Balancing Storage			Earthfill embankment	Irrigation	6,160
		Lake Manchester	South East	Cabbage Tree Creek		Water supply Recreation	26000ML	-27.4881°N 152.7514°W
		Lake Lenthall		Burrum River	Earthfill embankment	Water Supply	28,411
		Lake Leslie		Sandy Creek	Concrete Gravity	Irrigation and Water Supply	106,250
		Tingalpa Reservoir	South East Brisbane		Embankment	Water supply	13206ML	5.470×10^9	6.569×10^9	-27.5281°N 153.1803°W
			South East Gold Coast	Little Nerang Creek	Gravity	Water supply	8390ML	-28.1436°N 153.2856°W
				Burnett Creek	Embankment	Irrigation	44300ML	-28.1808°N 152.6569°W
				Plane Creek	Earthfill embankment	Water Supply	1,120
		Lake Moogerah		Reynolds Creek		Irrigation Water supply	83700ML	-28.03°N 152.5489°W
		Lake Moondarra		Leichardt River	Concrete-faced rockfill embankment	Mine and urban water supply	106,833
				Meandu Creek	Zoned earthfill	Irrigation and power station cooling water	3,000
		Lake Samsonvale			Gravity	Water supply	214302ML	-27.2633°N 152.9367°W
		Big Dam No 7, Mount Morgan		Dee River	Mass concrete gravity	Water supply	2,830
				Swamp Creek	Earth core rock embankment	Water supply	11,830
			Wide-Bay	Burnett River	Gravity	Irrigation	300,000	6.6×1010	7.9×1010	25°21′04″S 151°55′10″E
		Lake Perseverance		Perseverance Creek	Zoned earth and rockfill	Water supply	30,140
		Lake Proserpine				Urban Water Supply, Irrigation & Recreation	491400ML	20.3673°S 148.378°E
		Perry River Dam		Perry River	Roller compacted concrete embankment	Mine water supply	1,050
			South East Sunshine Coast		Embankment		655ML	-26.5961°N 152.91°W
		Crooks Dam		Return Creek	Earthfill embankment	Stock water supply and recreation	1,045
				Rifle Creek	Concrete arch	Urban and mine water supply	9,500
			North - Townsville		Embankment	Water supply Flood mitigation	233,187
		Lake Kurwongbah	South East Moreton Bay	Sideling Creek	Embankment	Water supply Recreation	14500ML	-27.2578°N 152.9519°W
		Lake Macdonald	South East Sunshine Coast	Six Mile Creek	Embankment	Water supply Recreation	8018ML	-26.3811°N 152.93°W
			Palm Island			Water Supply
		Lake Somerset			Gravity		379849ML	199×10^9	239×10^9	-27.1144°N 152.5569°W
				Mitchell River	Embankment	Recreation and water supply	159,120
			South East Somerset Region	Pryde Creek	Embankment	Hydroelectricity	28700ML	-27.3711°N 152.6369°W
				Eureka Creek		Mining	340
			South East Gold Coast	Tallebudgera Creek	Earthfill embankment	Water supply	360
				Teemburra Creek	Concrete faced rockfill embankment	Irrigation, Urban and Industrial water supply	147,500
				Theresa Creek	Concrete gravity	Town water Supply and recreation	9,200
		Lake Tinaroo		Barron River	Mass concrete gravity	Irrigation	438,920
					Roller compacted concrete	Mining	24,000
			South East Sunshine Coast	South Maroochy River	Gravity	Water supply	4610ML	-26.57°N 152.9219°W
		Herberton Dam		Wild River	Earth and rockfill embankment	Town water supply	290
		Lake Wivenhoe	South East Brisbane/Gold Coast		Embankment	Water supply Flood mitigation Hydroelectricity Recreation	1165238ML	-27.3939°N 152.6078°W
				Nogo River	Mass concrete gravity	Irrigation and town water supply	165,400
			South East Scenic Rim	Teviot Brook	Gravity	Water supply	102883ML	-27.9092°N 152.8811°W

Weirs and barrages

Name Coordinates Allan Tannock Weir (Cunnamulla Weir) -28.1174°N 145.686°W Aplins Weir -19.304°N 146.781°W Avis Weir -24.9794°N 151.123°W Baron River Hydro Weir -16.8311°N 145.64°W Bazley Weir -24.8937°N 151.123°W Bedford Weir -23.3716°N 148.841°W Ben Anderson Barrage -24.8885°N 152.2899°W Ben Dor Weir -28.5642°N 150.866°W Bonshaw Weir -28.9857°N 151.277°W Bingegang Weir -23.0726°N 149.034°W Bingera Weir -24.9431°N 152.213°W Blacks Weir -19.317°N 146.736°W Blue Valley Weir -20.4081°N 147.393°W Bowen River Weir -20.7461°N 147.939°W Brightview Weir -27.4966°N 152.501°W Bromleton Weir -28.0066°N 152.946°W Bruce Weir -17.1108°N 145.116°W Buaraba Creek Weir -27.4104°N 152.419°W Bucca Weir -24.8596°N 152.073°W Buckinbah Weir -28.0868°N 148.767°W Carpendale Grove Weir -27.5712°N 152.1566°W Cedar Grove Weir -27.8465°N 152.975°W Cecil Weir -27.5342°N 151.203°W Charters Towers Weir -19.9662°N 146.307°W Chinchilla Weir -26.8013°N 150.577°W Churchbank Weir -27.7714°N 152.684°W Clare Weir -19.8574°N 147.236°W Claredon Weir -27.5267°N 152.375°W Claude Wharton Weir -25.6157°N 151.594°W Collins Weir -17.258°N 145.294°W Comet River Weir -23.6137°N 148.551°W Crump Weir -24.8204°N 149.748°W Dulbil Weir -17.0422°N 145.472°W Dumbleton Weir -21.1426°N 149.077°W Eden Bann Weir -23.0907°N 150.116°W Fitzroy River Barrage (Queensland) -23.3608°N 150.498°W Fletcher Creek Weir -23.7632°N 150.367°W Flagstone Creek Weir -27.6161°N 152.113°W Francis Weir -26.3°N 152.04°W Gatton Weir -27.56°N 152.255°W Giru Weir -19.5102°N 147.113°W Glebe Weir -25.4649°N 150.035°W Gleesons Weir -19.3177°N 146.745°W Glenore Weir -17.8609°N 141.13°W Glenore Grove Weir -27.5185°N 152.405°W Goondiwindi Weir -28.55°N 150.25°W Gorge Weir -20.4727°N 147.29°W Granite Creek Weir -17.016°N 145.376°W Grantham Weir -27.5755°N 152.217°W Gyranda Weir -25.2834°N 150.182°W Imbil Weir -26.4582°N 152.684°W

Name Coordinates Intake Weir -26.5833°N 152.883°W Jack Taylor Weir -28.044°N 148.5672°W Joe Sippel Weir -26.2687°N 152.007°W John Goleby Weir -25.2549°N 151.148°W Jones Weir -25.5945°N 151.297°W Jordan's Weir -27.5421°N 152.32°W Junction Weir -27.9356°N 152.598°W Kentville Weir -27.4927°N 152.438°W Kilcoy Weir -26.9199°N 152.582°W Kirar Weir (Eidsvold) -25.3525°N 151.072°W Kolan Barrage -24.741°N 152.164°W Leafgold Weir -17.1488°N 145.053°W Lower Flagstone Creek Weir -27.5923°N 152.142°W Lower Tenthill Weir -27.5929°N 152.236°W McCauley Weir -26.7541°N 152.0797°W Ma Ma Weir -27.6568°N 152.161°W Maleny Weir -26.75°N 152.833°W Marian Weir -21.1399°N 148.937°W Mary Barrage -25.5873°N 152.6237°W Mirani Weir -21.1768°N 148.83°W Monto Weir -24.858°N 151.106°W Moolabah Weir -27.9911°N 148.735°W Moura Weir -24.5895°N 149.902°W Mount Crosby Weir -27.5374°N 152.798°W Mulgildie Weir -25.0189°N 151.093°W Mulgowie Weir -27.7533°N 152.372°W Mungungo Weir -24.7641°N 151.16°W Murgon Weir -26.265°N 151.915°W Nanango Weir -26.6502°N 151.924°W Ned Churchward Weir -25.0509°N 152.098°W Neil Turner Weir -26.471°N 147.9589°W Neville Hewitt Weir -24.1714°N 149.814°W Orange Creek Weir -24.9625°N 150.0732°W O'Reillys Weir -27.418°N 152.591°W Proston Weir -26.2007°N 151.547°W Sandy Creek Weir -27.6371°N 152.332°W Selma Weir -22.542°N 148.146°W Silverleaf Weir -26.1659°N 151.814°W Solarnum Weir -17.2039°N 145.064°W Tartrus Weir -22.9571°N 149.422°W Talgai Weir -27.991°N 151.758°W Tenthill Weir -27.6376°N 152.216°W Teddington Weir -25.6501°N 152.666°W Theodore Weir -24.9502°N 150.0666°W Tinana Barrage -25.5695°N 152.719°W Val Bird Weir -19.5637°N 147.096°W Walla Weir -25.052°N 152.099°W Whetstone Weir -28.4669°N 150.955°W Wilson Weir -27.5397°N 152.342°W Yarramalong Weir -27.8353°N 151.4499°W Youlambie Weir -24.8192°N 151.096°W

South Australia

Adelaide catchment

• Barossa Reservoir – The Whispering Wall
• Clarendon Weir
• Happy Valley Reservoir
• Hope Valley Reservoir
• Kangaroo Creek Reservoir
• Little Para Reservoir
• Millbrook Reservoir
• Mount Bold Reservoir
• Myponga Reservoir
• South Para Reservoir
• Thorndon Park Reservoir (Adelaide's first reservoir, built in 1860, decommissioned and reestablished as a recreational park in 1986)
• Warren Reservoir

Regional South Australia

• Aroona Dam
• Baroota Reservoir
• Beetaloo Reservoir
• Bundaleer Reservoir
• Blue Lake
• Goolwa Barrages
• Hindmarsh Valley
• Middle River Reservoir
• Tod Reservoir

Tasmania

There are 103 dams in Tasmania.^[3] Of these, 100 facilities are considered major dams according to the Australian National Committee on Large Dams.^[2]

Dams and reservoirs

The largest reservoir in Tasmania is the 12359GL Lake Gordon in the South West region of the state, formed by the Gordon Dam., 44 per cent of all the dams in Tasmania were constructed for the purpose of generating hydro-electricity.^[2]

Dams of Tasmania

Image	Dam name	Reservoir name	Region(s)	Waterway(s) impounded	Dam type	Purpose(s)	Reservoir capacity	Coordinates
ML	Gal (Imp.)	Gal (US)
	Anthony Dam						36180ML
	Anthony Levee			off stream	Embankment	Hydro-electricity	36180ML
	Augusta Dam	Lake Augusta			Embankment	Hydro-electricity	23450ML
	Bastyan Dam		West Coast		Embankment	Hydro-electricity	123520ML	-43.73°N 145.53°W
	Bastyan Levee			off stream	Embankment	Hydro-electricity	123520ML
		Bradys Lake
	Briseis Dam		North East
			West Coast		Embankment	Hydro-electricity	1081420ML	-42.1597°N 145.6167°W
			North East	Cascade River						-41.1706°N 147.8222°W
		Lake Catagunya				Hydro-electricity	25640ML	-42.44°N 146.59°W
		Lake Cethana	Northern	Forth River	Embankment	Hydro-electricity	112210ML	-41.3797°N 146.1336°W
	Clarence Dam
		Lake King William	Central Highlands	River Derwent	Arch	Hydro-electricity	539340ML	-42.26°N 146.26°W
		Cluny Lagoon	Central Highlands	River Derwent	Gravity	Hydro-electricity	4880ML	-42.5°N 146.68°W
	Craigborne Dam		South	Coal River		Irrigation
		Curries River Reservoir
		Lake Burbury	West Coast	off stream	Embankment	Hydro-electricity	1081420ML	-42.21°N 145.61°W
			Northern			Hydro-electricity	179940ML	-41.34°N 146.26°W
				off river	Embankment	Hydro-electricity	2937930ML	-43.03°N 146.34°W
	Flagstaff Gully Dam
	Frome Dam		North East	Frome River	Embankment	Hydro-electricity				-41.1447°N 147.9117°W
			South West		Arch	Hydro-electricity	12359040ML	-42.7306°N 145.9764°W
	Miena Rockfill Dam		Central Northern		Embankment	Hydro-electricity	3156640ML	-41.98°N 146.73°W
		Guide River Reservoir
	Hall No 2
			North West		Gravity	Hydro-electricity	350ML	-41.88°N 145.54°W
		Knights Creek Reservoir
			Central Highlands		Embankment	Hydro-electricity	725490ML	-42.25°N 146.61°W
	Laughing Jack Dam	Laughing Jack Lagoon								-42.1766°N 146.331°W
		Lake Liapootah	Central Highlands		Gravity	Hydro-electricity	1880ML	-42.31°N 146.47°W
		Limekiln Gully Reservoir
		Lower Reservoir
	Mackintosh Dam		Western		Embankment	Hydro-electricity	913690ML	-41.69°N 145.64°W
			West Coast		Gravity	Hydro-electricity	15374ML	-41.99°N 145.57°W
			Central Highlands	River Derwent	Buttress Embankment	Hydro-electricity	59650ML	-42.61°N 146.84°W
		Huntsman Lake	Northern		Gravity	Irrigation Hydro-electricity	36000ML	-41.69°N 146.62°W
	Monarch Dam		North East	Shallamar Creek
	Mount Paris Dam		North East							-41.219°N 147.8539°W
			Western		Embankment	Hydro-electricity	96910ML	-41.78°N 145.64°W
			Western	Newton Creek	Embankment	Hydro-electricity	6330ML	-41.91°N 145.55°W
		Lake Paloona	Northern	Forth River	Embankment	Hydro-electricity	19110ML	-41.28°N 146.24°W
		Lake Parangana
	Pet River Scheme
		Pine Tier Lagoon	Central Highlands	Nive River	Gravity	Hydro-electricity	7420ML	-42.1°N 146.48°W
			West Coast	Pieman River	Embankment	Hydro-electricity	300200ML	-41.72°N 145.13°W
			Central Highlands	River Derwent	Arch: Embankment	Hydro-electricity	6330ML	-42.5°N 146.64°W
		Ridgeway Reservoir
		Rileys Creek Reservoir
	Risdon Brook Dam
		Lake Rowallan	Northern		Embankment	Hydro-electricity	130490ML	-41.73°N 146.21°W
		Lake Samuel
		Lake Pedder	South West		Embankment	Hydro-electricity	2937930ML	-43.03°N 146.29°W
					Embankment	Hydro-electricity	2937930ML	-42.77°N 145.98°W
	Stanton Dam
	Taylor No 3
	Tullabardine Dam	Lake Mackintosh
		Lake Trevallyn	Northern		Gravity	Hydro-electricity	12330ML	-41.44°N 147.08°W
	Upper Grassy Dam
		Upper Reservoir
		Wayatinah Lagoon	Central Highlands	River Derwent	Embankment	Hydro-electricity	8860ML	-42.4°N 146.49°W
		White Spur Lake	North West	White Spur Creek	Embankment	Hydro-electricity	1750ML	-41.89°N 145.53°W
		Lake Gairdner	Northern		Embankment	Hydro-electricity	8820ML	-41.47°N 146.07°W

Victoria

See also: Lakes and Reservoirs in Melbourne.

Melbourne Water area

See also: Melbourne Water.

• Anakie Gorge
• Cardinia Reservoir
• Devilbend Reservoir
• Greenvale Reservoir
• Melton reservoir
• Maroondah Reservoir
• O'Shannassy Reservoir
• Silvan Reservoir
• Sugarloaf Reservoir
• Tarago Reservoir
• Thomson Dam
• Toorourrong Reservoir
• Upper Yarra Reservoir
• Yan Yean Reservoir

Regional Victoria

• Blue Rock Dam
• Cairn Curran Reservoir
• Dartmouth Dam
• Eildon Dam
• Lake Eppalock
• Glenmaggie Dam
• Goulburn Weir
• Laanecoorie Weir
• Lauriston Reservoir
• Malmsbury Reservoir
• Moondara Reservoir
• Rocklands Reservoir
• Upper Coliban Reservoir
• Waranga Basin
• William Hovell Dam

Barwon Water area

See also: Barwon Water.

• Allen Reservoir
• Bostock Reservoir
• Korweinguboora Reservoir
• Marengo Basin
• Painkalac Reservoir
• Stony Creek Reservoirs
• West Barwon Reservoir
• West Gellibrand and Olangolah Reservoirs and No. 4 & No.5 Basins
• Wurdee Boluc Reservoir

Western Australia

Metropolitan Supply

Araluen Pumpback Dam Bickley Pumpback Dam Bold Park Reservoir Buckland Hill Reservoir Canning Dam Churchman Brook Dam Conjurinup Creek Dam Greenmount Reservoir Kangaroo Gully Lower South Dandalup Pumpback Dam

Melville Reservoir Mount Eliza Reservoir Mount Hawthorn Reservoir Mount Tamworth Reservoir Mount Yokine Reservoir Mirrabooka Reservoir Neerabup Reservoir North Dandalup Dam Richmond Reservoir Samson Brook Dam

Serpentine Dam Serpentine Pipehead Dam South Dandalup Dam Stirling Dam Thompsons Lake Reservoir Victoria Dam Wanneroo Reservoir Whitfords Reservoir Wungong Dam

Goldfields Water Supply Kalgoorlie Reservoir No1 Kalgoorlie Reservoir No2 Kalgoorlie Reservoir No3 Lower Helena Pumpback Dam Mount Charlotte Reservoir Mundaring Weir

Mid West Region Allanooka Storage Bootenal Storage

North West Region Fitzroy River Barrage Harding River Dam Lake Argyle Lake Kununurra Moochalabara Dam Seventeen Mile Dam

Great Southern Region

Bolganup Dam Borden No 1 Dam Borden No 2 Dam Bottle Creek Dam Brookton Dam Cranbrook Dam 1 Cranbrook Dam 2 Cranbrook Dam 3 Cuballing Reservoir Dumbleyung Dam Frankland Dam Gnowangerup No 1 Dam Gnowangerup No 2 Dam Horsley Reservoir Hyden Humps Dam

Jerramungup No 1 Dam Jerramungup No 2 Dam Karlgarin Reservoir Kojonup Dam Kondinin/Yeerakine Dam Kukerin Reservoir Lake Grace No 1 Dam Lake King Dam Mount Barker Reservoir Mount Clarence Reservoir Munglinup Dam Newdegate Turkey Nest Dam Nyabing Dam Ongerup No 1 Dam Ongerup No 2 Dam

Ongerup No 3 Dam Pingrup Dam Pinwernying Dam Puntapin Dam Ravensthorpe Dam 1 Ravensthorpe Dam 2 Ravensthorpe Dam 3 Ravensthorpe Dam 4 Rocky Gully Tambellup No 1 Dam Varley Dam Wandering No 1 Dam Wandering No 2 Dam Wave Rock Dam

South West Region

Balingup Dam Big Brook Dam Boyup Brook Dam Drakesbrook Dam Dumpling Gully No1 Dam Dumpling Gully No2 Dam Glen Mervyn Dam Harvey Dam

Harris River Dam Hester Dam Kirup Dam Logue Brook Dam Manjimup Dam Millstream Dam Mungalup Dam Nannup Dam

Phillips Creek Dam Quinninup Dam Samson Brook Dam Stirling Dam Ten Mile Brook Dam Waroona Dam Wellington Dam

See also

• List of dams and reservoirs
• Lakes of Australia
• Lakes and Reservoirs in Melbourne

External links

• Melbourne Water Reservoirs
• Sydney Dam levels and statistics
• Dams of Western Australia
• SE Queensland Dam Levels
• Lake Awoonga, Via Benaraby near Gladstone in Central Queensland

Notes and References

1. Web site: Largest constructed reservoirs by State/Territory. Geoscience Australia

   Geographic Information

   . 27 June 2014 . Australian Government. 8 July 2014.
2. Web site: Register of Large Dams in Australia. Excel (requires download). Australian National Committee on Large Dams. 2010. 17 April 2013. Dams information. 12 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131212120804/http://www.ancold.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Dams-Australia-2010-v1-for-website.xls. dead.
3. Web site: Place name search. Gazetteer of Australia. Geoscience Australia. 8 July 2014.
4. Web site: Water resources: Availability: Queensland . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071217182447/http://www.anra.gov.au/topics/water/availability/qld/index.html . December 17, 2007.