Burrendong Dam

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Burrendong Dam is a major rock-fill embankment dam in New South Wales, Australia, providing water storage, irrigation, and flood mitigation for the Macquarie River region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf major dam
rock-fill embankment dam
basinCountry Australia NERFINISHED
catchmentArea approximately 13,900 km²
constructionBegan 1958
constructionMaterial rock-fill
country Australia
crosses Cudgegong River (via backwater) NERFINISHED
Macquarie River NERFINISHED
damType embankment
designedForFloodMitigationOf Macquarie River floodplain NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Lake Burrendong Dam NERFINISHED
hasNearbyFacility Burrendong Arboretum NERFINISHED
Lake Burrendong State Park NERFINISHED
hasOutletWorks multi-level offtake tower
hasRecreationActivity boating
camping
fishing
hasSignificantDroughtEvent very low storage during Millennium Drought
hasSignificantFloodEvent major inflows during 2010–2011 floods
hasSpillwayType gated spillway (after later upgrades)
uncontrolled concrete spillway
height approximately 76 m
isUpstreamOf Macquarie Marshes NERFINISHED
Warren Weir NERFINISHED
length approximately 1,116 m
locatedInBasin Murray–Darling Basin NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion Central West, New South Wales NERFINISHED
locatedNear Wellington, New South Wales NERFINISHED
locatedOnRiver Macquarie River NERFINISHED
managingAuthority WaterNSW NERFINISHED
namedAfter Burrendong locality NERFINISHED
opened 1967
owner New South Wales Government NERFINISHED
partOfWaterManagementScheme Macquarie River water management system NERFINISHED
providesIrrigationTo Macquarie Valley irrigation schemes
purpose flood mitigation
irrigation
town water supply
water storage
reservoirCapacity approximately 1,188,000 ML
reservoirName Lake Burrendong NERFINISHED
state New South Wales
suppliesWaterTo Dubbo NERFINISHED
Narromine NERFINISHED
Trangie NERFINISHED
Wellington NERFINISHED
surfaceArea approximately 8,900 ha at full supply
upgraded for dam safety improvements

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Lake Burrendong (nearby) formedBy Burrendong Dam
subject surface form: Lake Burrendong
Lake Burrendong formedByDam Burrendong Dam