Tooma Dam

Tooma Dam
Aerial view over Tooma Dam and Reservoir, 2009.
Tooma Dam is located in New South Wales
Tooma Dam
Location of Tooma Dam in
New South Wales
CountryAustralia
LocationSnowy Mountains, New South Wales
Coordinates36°03′03.4″S 148°16′30.5″E / 36.050944°S 148.275139°E / -36.050944; 148.275139
StatusOperational
Opening date1961
Owner(s)Snowy Hydro
Dam and spillways
Type of damEmbankment dam
ImpoundsTooma River
Height67 metres (220 ft)
Length305 metres (1,001 ft)
Dam volume1,111,000 cubic metres (39,200,000 cu ft)
Spillways1
Spillway capacity1,246 cubic metres per second (44,000 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
CreatesTooma Reservoir
Total capacity28,124 megalitres (993.2×10^6 cu ft)
Catchment area152 square kilometres (59 sq mi)
Surface area180 hectares (440 acres)
Maximum water depth12 metres (39 ft)
Normal elevation1,209 metres (3,967 ft) AHD

Tooma Dam is a major ungated earthen embankment dam across the Tooma River in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. The dam's main purpose is for the generation of hydro-power and is one of the sixteen major dams that comprise the Snowy Mountains Scheme, a vast hydroelectricity and irrigation complex constructed in south-east Australia between 1949 and 1974 and now run by Snowy Hydro.

The impounded reservoir is called the Tooma Reservoir.