Jounama Dam

Jounama Dam
Jounama Dam looking towards Talbingo, 2012.
Jounama Dam is located in New South Wales
Jounama Dam
Location of Jounama Dam in
New South Wales
CountryAustralia
LocationSnowy Mountains, New South Wales
Coordinates35°33′46″S 148°18′22″E / 35.56278°S 148.30611°E / -35.56278; 148.30611
StatusOperational
Opening date1968
Owner(s)Snowy Hydro
Dam and spillways
Type of damEmbankment dam
ImpoundsTumut River
Height43.9 m (144 ft)
Length518.2 m (1,700 ft)
Dam volume554,500 m3 (19,580,000 cu ft)
Spillways1
Spillway capacity3,965 m3/s (140,000 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
CreatesJounama Pondage
Total capacity43,542,000 m3 (35,300 acre⋅ft)
Catchment area1,355 km2 (523 sq mi)
Surface area3,804 ha (9,400 acres)
Power Station
Operator(s)Snowy Hydro
Commission date2010
TypeSmall
Installed capacity14.4 MW (19,300 hp)

Jounama Dam is a major ungated rockfill embankment dam across the Tumut River in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. The dam's main purpose is for the generation of hydro-power and is one of the sixteen major dams that comprise the Snowy Mountains Scheme, a vast hydroelectricity and irrigation complex constructed in south-east Australia between 1949 and 1974 and now run by Snowy Hydro.

The impounded reservoir is called the Jounama Pondage.