Blue Rock Dam

Blue Rock Dam
[[File:Blue Rock Dam - Rock Plaques - Intake Tower - Tanjil River, Central Gippsland, Victoria, Australia..jpg|frameless]]
Surrounds of plaques with intake tower at rear
Location of the Blue Rock Dam in Victoria
Country Australia
Location Central Gippsland, Victoria
Coordinates 38°4′46.75″S 146°13′39.11″E / 38.0796528°S 146.2275306°E / -38.0796528; 146.2275306Coordinates: 38°4′46.75″S 146°13′39.11″E / 38.0796528°S 146.2275306°E / -38.0796528; 146.2275306
Purpose Power
Status Operational
Construction began 1979[1]
Opening date 1984
Operator(s) Southern Rural Water
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Embankment dam
Impounds Tanjil River
Height 72 metres (236 ft)
Length 600 metres (2,000 ft)
Dam volume 1,514 thousand cubic metres (53.5×10^6 cu ft)
Spillways 1
Spillway type Controlled chute
Spillway capacity 1,200 cubic metres per second (42,000 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
Creates Blue Rock Lake
Total capacity 208,000 megalitres (7,300×10^6 cu ft)
Catchment area 360 square kilometres (140 sq mi)
Surface area 873 hectares (2,160 acres)
Blue Rock Dam Power Station
Operator(s) Pacific Energy
Commission date 1992
Installed capacity 2.6 megawatts (3,500 hp)
Annual generation 9 gigawatt-hours (32 TJ)
Website
Blue Rock Lake at Southern Rural Water

The Blue Rock Dam is a minor rock fill embankment dam with controlled chute spillway across the Tanjil River, located approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) north of Moe, in the Central Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia.

Features and location

The dam was built to provide cooling water for the thermal power stations of the Latrobe Valley and to augment domestic water supplies.[2] The Blue Rock Lake has two recreation areas on its shore and small power boats are allowed to be used.[3][4]

In 1992 Pacific Energy installed a small 2.4 megawatts (3,200 hp) hydroelectric generator that is linked to the national grid.[5]

Jaidyn Leskie's body was found in Blue Rock Lake in January 1998.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Victoria. State Rivers and Water Supply Commission (1981), [Construction work at Bluterus Dam on the Tanjil River], retrieved 8 March 2017
  2. ↑ Water supply, Gippsland Water, Victorian Regional Water Corporation, ...We also take water from storages managed by Southern Rural Water (Blue Rock Dam...
  3. ↑ Blue Rock Dam - New Boating Regulations, 2015, In Depth Angler - Lure and Fly Fishing Australia
  4. ↑ Blue Rock Lake Tagged Bass Challenge, Blue Rock bass, Target One Million, Recreational fishing, Fisheries, Agriculture Victoria
  5. ↑ "Register of Large Dams in Australia" (Excel (requires download)). Dams information. The Australian National Committee on Large Dams Incorporated. 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  6. ↑ Jaidyn dumped in dam: coroner, October 4, 2006, smh.com.au

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