Clarrie Hall Dam | |
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Location of Clarrie Hall Dam in New South Wales | |
Location | Northern Rivers, New South Wales, Australia |
Coordinates | 28°26′16″S 153°18′19″E / 28.43778°S 153.30528°E |
Purpose | Water supply |
Status | Operational |
Construction began | 1979 |
Opening date | 1983 |
Construction cost | A$34 million |
Owner(s) | Tweed Shire Council |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Embankment dam |
Impounds | Doon Doon Creek |
Height | 43 metres (141 ft) |
Length | 175 metres (574 ft) |
Elevation at crest | 61.5 metres (202 ft) AHD |
Width (crest) | 6 metres (20 ft) |
Dam volume | 243 cubic metres (8,600 cu ft) |
Spillways | 1 |
Spillway type | Ungated concrete chute |
Spillway capacity | 590 cubic metres per second (21,000 cu ft/s) |
Reservoir | |
Creates | Lake Clarrie Hall |
Total capacity | 16,000 megalitres (570×10 6 cu ft) |
Active capacity | 15,000 megalitres (530×10 6 cu ft) |
Inactive capacity | 10,000 megalitres (350×10 6 cu ft) |
Catchment area | 60.2 square kilometres (23.2 sq mi) |
Surface area | 220 hectares (540 acres) |
Maximum water depth | 41 metres (135 ft) |
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Clarrie Hall Dam is a minor ungated concrete faced rockfill embankment dam with an uncontrolled concrete-lined chute spillway across the Doon Doon Creek, located upstream of the small town of Uki, in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. The main purpose of the dam is for water supply and it creates the artificial Lake Clarrie Hall.