Suma Park Dam | |
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Location of the Suma Park Dam in New South Wales | |
Country | Australia |
Location | Central West, New South Wales |
Coordinates | 33°16′54″S 149°08′04″E / 33.28167°S 149.13444°E |
Purpose | Water supply |
Status | Operational |
Opening date | 1962 |
Operator(s) | Orange City Council |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Arch dam |
Impounds | Summer Hill Creek |
Height | 31 metres (102 ft) |
Length | 208 metres (682 ft) |
Width (crest) | 2.4 metres (7 ft 10 in) |
Dam volume | 18 cubic metres (640 cu ft) |
Spillways | 1 |
Spillway capacity | 260 cubic metres per second (9,200 cu ft/s) |
Reservoir | |
Creates | Suma Park Reservoir |
Total capacity | 17,290 megalitres (611×10 6 cu ft) |
Catchment area | 179 square kilometres (69 sq mi) |
Surface area | 1.3 square kilometres (0.50 sq mi) |
Website watersecurity.orange.nsw.gov.au |
Suma Park Dam is a concrete arch dam across the Summer Hill Creek in the central west region of New South Wales, Australia. The main purpose of the dam is to supply potable water to the city of Orange. The impounded reservoir is called Suma Park Reservoir.