About Gold Creek Dam
The Gold Creek Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam with an un-gated spillway across the Gold Creek that is located in the South East region of Queensland, Australia. The main purpose of the dam is for potable water supply of the Brisbane region. The resultant reservoir is called the Gold Creek Reservoir. Location and featuresThe Gold Creek Dam is located on the edge of Brisbane Forest Park, west of Brisbane, on the Gold Creek, a tributary of Moggill Creek, to augment supplies from the recently completed Enoggera Dam. Unlike Enoggera, the Gold Creek site could supply water to the most elevated parts of the city. The earthfill dam structure is high and long. The 106e3m3 dam wall holds back the 801ML reservoir when at full capacity. From a catchment area of, the dam creates an unnamed reservoir with an average depth of. The surface area of the 1. 2m wide reservoir is. The uncontrolled un-gated spillway has a discharge capacity of. Initially managed by the Brisbane City Council up until 2008, the dam is now managed by Seqwater.
Gold Creek Dam Description
The Gold Creek Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam with an un-gated spillway across the Gold Creek that is located in the South East region of Queensland, Australia. The main purpose of the dam is for potable water supply of the Brisbane region. The resultant reservoir is called the Gold Creek Reservoir. Location and featuresThe Gold Creek Dam is located on the edge of Brisbane Forest Park, west of Brisbane, on the Gold Creek, a tributary of Moggill Creek, to augment supplies from the recently completed Enoggera Dam. Unlike Enoggera, the Gold Creek site could supply water to the most elevated parts of the city. The earthfill dam structure is high and long. The 106e3m3 dam wall holds back the 801ML reservoir when at full capacity. From a catchment area of, the dam creates an unnamed reservoir with an average depth of. The surface area of the 1. 2m wide reservoir is. The uncontrolled un-gated spillway has a discharge capacity of. Initially managed by the Brisbane City Council up until 2008, the dam is now managed by Seqwater.