Country Australia Purpose Potable water storage Type of dam Embankment dam Inflow source Maroochy River | Location South East Queensland Status Operational Catchment area 80 ha Operator Seqwater | |
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Opening date 1959 (1959)
1998 (1998) (spillway upgraded) | ||
The Poona Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam with a toe drain with an un-gated spillway across a tributary of the South Maroochy River that is located in the South East region of Queensland, Australia. The main purpose of the dam is for storage of potable water for the Sunshine Coast region. The impounded reservoir is also called Poona Dam.
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Map of Poona Dam, Kureelpa QLD 4560, Australia
Location and featuresEdit
The dam is located 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) north-west of Nambour.
The earthen dam structure is 650 metres (2,130 ft) long and holds back the 655-megalitre (144×106 imp gal; 173×106 US gal) reservoir when at full capacity. From a catchment area of 0.8 square kilometres (0.31 sq mi), the reservoir has a surface area of 17 hectares (42 acres) and a maximum width of 410 m (1,350 ft). Initially managed by the Maroochy Shire Council, management of the dam was transferred to SEQ Water in July 2008 as part of a water security project in the South East Queensland region, known as the South East Queensland Water Grid.
RecreationEdit
Recreation is not permitted on the dam and in its surrounds.
In 2008, the body of a deceased man was found on the eastern spillway of the dam wall.