Status Operational Type of dam Gravity dam Length 518 m (1,699 ft) Height 43 m Impound Shoalhaven River | Opening date 1976 Impounds Shoalhaven River Dam volume 325 m (11,500 cu ft) Catchment area 5,750 km² Spillway 1 | |
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Address Morton National Park, Tallong NSW 2579, Australia Similar Shoalhaven River, Fitzroy Falls Dam, Hampden Bridge, Cataract Dam, Toonumbar Dam | ||
3 days bass fishing bendeela and tallowa dam
Tallowa Dam, completed in 1976, is a concrete gravity dam with central overflow spillway, located of the Shoalhaven River, downstream from the river's confluence with the Kangaroo River. The dam wall of 325 cubic metres (11,500 cu ft) is 43 metres (141 ft) high and 528 metres (1,732 ft) in length. At 100% capacity, the dam wall holds back approximately 85,500 megalitres (3,020×106 cu ft) and creates the impounded reservoir of Lake Yarrunga that has a surface area of 831 hectares (2,050 acres), drawn from a catchment area of 5,750 square kilometres (2,220 sq mi). The spillway has a discharge capacity of 27,600 cubic metres per second (970,000 cu ft/s).
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The 'full operating storage' for Tallowa Dam refers only to the amount of water in the dam that is available to be transferred to Sydney and the Illawarra. When full, the dam can hold approximately 90,000 megalitres (3,200×106 cu ft) but only 7,500 megalitres (260×106 cu ft) is available to be transferred to the Sydney water supply. Other water from Tallowa Dam is provided to Shoalhaven City Council for supply to local communities. Water is also released from the dam as environmental flows for the Shoalhaven River.