List of dams and reservoirs in Australia



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 .

New South Wales
There are 2,250 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 4798000 ML Lake Eucumbene in the Snowy Mountains, formed by the Eucumbene Dam.

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

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

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. Of these, 100 facilities are considered major dams according to the Australian National Committee on Large Dams.

Dams and reservoirs
The largest reservoir in Tasmania is the 12359 GL 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.

Melbourne Water area

 * 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

 * 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

Metropolitan Supply
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Goldfields Water Supply

 * Kalgoorlie Reservoir No1
 * Kalgoorlie Reservoir No2
 * Kalgoorlie Reservoir No3
 * Lower Helena Pumpback Dam
 * Mount Charlotte Reservoir
 * Mundaring Weir
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Mid West Region

 * Allanooka Storage
 * Bootenal Storage
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North West Region

 * Fitzroy River Barrage
 * Harding River Dam
 * Lake Argyle
 * Lake Kununurra
 * Moochalabara Dam
 * Seventeen Mile Dam
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