Hume Dam

Hume Dam
The Hume Dam and spillway, 2012
Location of the Hume Dam in New South Wales
Country	Australia
Location	Riverina, New South Wales
Coordinates	36°06′30″S 147°01′52″E / 36.10833°S 147.03111°E / -36.10833; 147.03111
Purpose	Flood mitigation, hydro-power, irrigation, water supply and conservation
Status	Operational
Construction began	1919 (1919)
Opening date	1936 (1936)
Construction cost	A£2.1 million[1]
Owner(s)	Murray-Darling Basin Authority
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Gravity dam
Impounds	Murray River
Height	51 metres (167 ft)
Length	1,615 metres (5,299 ft)
Spillways	29
Spillway type	Vertical undershot gated concrete overflow
Spillway capacity	7,929 cubic metres per second (280,000 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
Creates	Lake Hume
Total capacity	3,036,500 megalitres (2,461,700 acre⋅ft)
Active capacity	1,417,188 megalitres (1,148,933 acre⋅ft)
Inactive capacity	1,619,312 megalitres (1,312,798 acre⋅ft)
Catchment area	15,300 square kilometres (5,900 sq mi)
Surface area	20,190 hectares (49,900 acres)
Maximum water depth	40 metres (130 ft)
Normal elevation	192 metres (630 ft) AHD
Power Station
Operator(s)	Eraring Energy
Commission date	1957 (1957)
Type	Conventional
Turbines	2
Installed capacity	58 megawatts (78,000 hp)
Annual generation	220 gigawatt-hours (790 TJ)
Website Hume Dam at www.statewater.com.au

Hume Dam, formerly the Hume Weir, is a major dam across the Murray River downstream of its junction with the Mitta River in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The dam's purpose includes flood mitigation, hydro-power, irrigation, water supply and conservation. The impounded reservoir is called Lake Hume, formerly the Hume Reservoir. It is a gated concrete gravity dam with four earth embankments and twenty-nine vertical undershot gated concrete overflow spillways.

The dam is part of the Engineering Works of the River Murray that are listed as a National Engineering Landmark by Engineers Australia, as part of its Engineering Heritage Recognition Program.^[2]