Windamere Dam

Windamere Dam
Windamere Dam is located in New South Wales
Windamere Dam
Location of the Windamere Dam
in New South Wales
CountryAustralia
LocationCentral Tablelands, New South Wales
Coordinates32°43′40″S 149°46′25″E / 32.727861°S 149.773510°E / -32.727861; 149.773510
PurposeHydro-power, irrigation, water supply, and conservation
StatusOperational
Construction began1974
Opening date1984
Owner(s)State Water Corporation
Dam and spillways
Type of damEmbankment dam
ImpoundsCudgegong River
Height67 m (220 ft)
Length825 m (2,707 ft)
Dam volume1,740 m3 (61,000 cu ft)
Spillways1
Spillway typeUncontrolled unlined rock cutting
Spillway capacity6,270 m3/s (221,000 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
CreatesLake Windamere
Total capacity368,120 ML (13,000×10^6 cu ft)
Catchment area1,070 km2 (410 sq mi)
Surface area2,030 ha (5,000 acres)
Maximum water depth58 m (190 ft)
Normal elevation552 m (1,811 ft) AHD
Power Station
TypeConventional
Installed capacity2 MW (2,700 hp)
Website
Windamere Dam at www.statewater.com.au

Windamere Dam is a minor ungated rock fill with clay core embankment dam with an uncontrolled unlined rock cutting spillway across the Cudgegong River at Cudgegong, upstream of Mudgee in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia. The dam's purpose includes hydro-power, irrigation, water supply, and conservation. The impounded reservoir is called Lake Windamere.