Sideling Creek Dam

Sideling Creek Dam
Sideling Creek Dam is located in Queensland
Sideling Creek Dam
Location of the Sideling Creek Dam
in Queensland
CountryAustralia
LocationSouth East Queensland
Coordinates27°15′28″S 152°57′7″E / 27.25778°S 152.95194°E / -27.25778; 152.95194
Purpose
StatusOperational
Opening date
  • 1958 (1958)
Operator(s)SEQ Water
Dam and spillways
Type of damEmbankment dam
ImpoundsSideling Creek
Height23 m (75 ft)[1]
Length500 m (1,600 ft)[1][2]
Dam volume280×10^3 m3 (9.9×10^6 cu ft)[1]
Spillway typeUncontrolled
Spillway capacity710 m3/s (25,000 cu ft/s)[1]
Reservoir
CreatesLake Kurwongbah
Total capacity14,500 ML (3.2×109 imp gal; 3.8×109 US gal)[2][3]
Catchment area53 km2 (20 sq mi)[1][2]
Surface area320 ha (790 acres)[2][3]
Website
www.seqwater.com.au

The Sideling Creek Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam with an un-gated spillway across the Sideling Creek in Kurwongbah, City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. The main purposes of the dam are for potable water supply of the City of Moreton Bay and for recreation.[3][1] The impounded reservoir is called Lake Kurwongbah.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Register of Large Dams in Australia" (Excel (requires download)). Dams information. Australian National Committee on Large Dams. 2010. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d "Sideling Creek Dam". Water supply: Dams and weirs. Seqwater. 2014. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  3. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference qlddams was invoked but never defined (see the help page).