Wivenhoe Dam

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concrete gravity dam flood mitigation dam water supply dam

Wivenhoe Dam is a major water storage and flood mitigation dam in southeast Queensland, Australia, that supplies drinking water to the Brisbane region and helps control flooding along the Brisbane River.

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Label Occurrences
Wivenhoe Dam canonical 4

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf concrete gravity dam ⓘ
flood mitigation dam ⓘ
water supply dam ⓘ
allowsActivity boating ⓘ
camping ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
catchmentArea 7020 km² ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1971 ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
designedBy Queensland Water Resources Commission ⓘ
distanceFrom about 80 km west of Brisbane ⓘ
experiencedEvent 2010–2011 Queensland floods ⓘ
floodCompartmentCapacity temporary flood storage above full supply level ⓘ
floodMitigationRole controls flooding along the Brisbane River ⓘ
hasEmergencySpillwayFunction releases water during extreme floods ⓘ
hasGates radial gates ⓘ
hasHydroelectricPlant Wivenhoe Power Station ⓘ
hasRecreationArea Lake Wivenhoe recreation areas ⓘ
hasSpillway uncontrolled concrete spillway ⓘ
hasType earth and rockfill embankment with concrete spillway ⓘ
height 59 m ⓘ
hydroelectricPlantCapacity 500 MW ⓘ
isMajorComponentOf Brisbane River flood mitigation system ⓘ
isUpstreamOf Brisbane central business district ⓘ
surface form: Brisbane CBD

Mount Crosby Weir ⓘ
length 2300 m ⓘ
locatedInLocalGovernmentArea Somerset Region ⓘ
locatedInRegion South East Queensland ⓘ
locatedNear Brisbane ⓘ
Fernvale ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Brisbane River NERFINISHED ⓘ
managesWaterFor South East Queensland communities ⓘ
namedAfter Wivenhoe ⓘ
surface form: Wivenhoe (local property name)
openingDate 1984 ⓘ
operator Seqwater ⓘ
owner Queensland Government ⓘ
partOf South East Queensland Water Grid ⓘ
primaryWaterSourceFor Brisbane ⓘ
surface form: Brisbane metropolitan area
purpose flood mitigation ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
urban water supply ⓘ
reservoirCapacity 1165000 ML ⓘ
reservoirName Lake Wivenhoe ⓘ
safetyRegulator Queensland dam safety regulator ⓘ
state Queensland ⓘ
suppliesWaterTo Brisbane ⓘ
Ipswich ⓘ
Moreton Bay region ⓘ
surface form: Moreton Bay Region

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Brisbane River → passesThrough → Wivenhoe Dam ⓘ
Somerset Region → hasDam → Wivenhoe Dam ⓘ
Brisbane River catchment → contains → Wivenhoe Dam ⓘ
Brisbane River catchment → hasMajorStorage → Wivenhoe Dam ⓘ