| Sideling Creek Dam | |
|---|---|
  Location of the Sideling Creek Dam in Queensland | |
| Country | Australia |
| Location | South East Queensland |
| Coordinates | 27°15′28″S 152°57′7″E / 27.25778°S 152.95194°E |
| Purpose | |
| Status | Operational |
| Opening date |
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| Operator(s) | SEQ Water |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Type of dam | Embankment dam |
| Impounds | Sideling Creek |
| Height | 23 m (75 ft)[1] |
| Length | 500 m (1,600 ft)[1][2] |
| Dam volume | 280×103 m3 (9.9×106 cu ft)[1] |
| Spillway type | Uncontrolled |
| Spillway capacity | 710 m3/s (25,000 cu ft/s)[1] |
| Reservoir | |
| Creates | Lake Kurwongbah |
| Total capacity | 14,500 ML (3.2×109 imp gal; 3.8×109 US gal)[2][3] |
| Catchment area | 53 km2 (20 sq mi)[1][2] |
| Surface area | 320 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference
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