| Glennies Creek Dam | |
|---|---|
 Glennies Creek Dam and Lake St Clair, 2006. | |
  Location of the Glennies Creek Dam in New South Wales | |
| Country | Australia |
| Location | New South Wales |
| Coordinates | 32°20′54″S 151°15′04″E / 32.34833°S 151.25111°E |
| Purpose | Flood mitigation, irrigation, water supply and conservation |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | August 1980 |
| Opening date | June 1983 |
| Construction cost | A£30 million |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Type of dam | Embankment dam |
| Impounds | Glennies Creek |
| Height | 67 metres (220 ft) |
| Length | 535 metres (1,755 ft) |
| Dam volume | 875 cubic metres (30,900 cu ft) |
| Spillways | 1 |
| Spillway type | Uncontrolled rock cut |
| Spillway capacity | 637 cubic metres per second (22,500 cu ft/s) |
| Reservoir | |
| Creates | Lake Saint Clair |
| Total capacity | 283,000 megalitres (10,000×106 cu ft) |
| Catchment area | 233 square kilometres (90 sq mi) |
| Surface area | 1,540 hectares (3,800 acres) |
| Maximum length | 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) |
| Maximum water depth | 56 metres (184 ft) |
| Normal elevation | 186 metres (610 ft) AHD |
| Website Glennies Creek Dam at www.waternsw.com.au | |
Glennies Creek Dam is a minor ungated concrete faced curved earth and rockfill embankment dam with an uncontrolled rock cut spillway across the Glennies Creek, upstream of Singleton, in the Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia. The dam's purpose includes flood mitigation, irrigation, water supply and conservation. The impounded reservoir is called Lake Saint Clair.
Glennies Creek Dam was created through enabling legislation enacted through the passage of the Glennies Creek Dam, 1979 (NSW). The Act appropriated AU$30 million as the estimated cost of construction of the dam.[1]
- ^ "Glennies Creek Dam" (PDF). AustLII database. Australasian Legal Information Institute. 1979. Retrieved 16 April 2013.