Eungella Dam

Eungella Dam
Eungella Dam, 2021
Eungella Dam is located in Queensland
Eungella Dam
Eungella Dam
Location83km west of Mackay, Queensland
Coordinates21°08′27″S 148°23′20″E / 21.1409°S 148.389°E / -21.1409; 148.389
Typereservoir
Primary inflowsBroken River
Catchment area142 km2 (55 sq mi)
Basin countriesAustralia
Surface area848 ha (2,100 acres)
Water volume112,400 ML (91,100 acre⋅ft)[1]
Surface elevation562.71 m (1,846.2 ft)
References[1]

Eungella Dam is an earth and rockfill dam in the locality of Eungella Dam, Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. It is one of Queensland's freshwater fisheries. Eungella has made a name for producing extra oversized sooty grunter and more recently barramundi.

SunWater is undertaking a dam spillway capacity upgrade program to ensure the highest level of safety for the[who?] dams is maintained. The spillway will be upgraded in the longer term.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Sunwater current water storage information". Archived from the original on 28 May 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  2. ^ Spillway Capacity Upgrade Program Archived February 13, 2008, at the Wayback Machine