Borumba Dam | |
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Location of the Borumba Dam in Queensland | |
Country | Australia |
Location | Wide Bay–Burnett, Queensland |
Coordinates | 26°30′43″S 152°34′44″E / 26.51194°S 152.57889°E |
Purpose | Irrigation and potable water supply |
Status | Operational |
Opening date | 1963 | ; upgraded in 1997 and 2009
Operator(s) | SEQ Water |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Embankment dam |
Impounds | Yabba Creek |
Height | 43 m (141 ft) |
Length | 343 m (1,125 ft) |
Dam volume | 402×10 3 m3 (14.2×10 6 cu ft) |
Spillway type | Uncontrolled |
Spillway capacity | 3,140 m3/s (111,000 cu ft/s) |
Reservoir | |
Creates | Lake Borumba |
Total capacity | 45,952 ML (1,622.8×10 6 cu ft)[1] |
Catchment area | 465 km2 (180 sq mi) |
Surface area | 480 ha (1,200 acres) |
Website www.seqwater.com.au |
The Borumba Dam is a rock-fill embankment dam with an un-gated spillway located across the Yabba Creek, a tributary of the Mary River, in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia. The main purposes of the dam are for irrigation and potable water supply.[2][3] The resultant impounded reservoir is called Lake Borumba.[1]