Fitzroy Falls Reservoir
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| Coordinates | 34 ° 38 ′ 31 ″ S , 150 ° 29 ′ 53 ″ E | ||||||||
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| Construction time: | -1974 | ||||||||
| Height of the structure crown: | 14 m | ||||||||
| Crown length: | 1 530 m | ||||||||
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| Altitude (at congestion destination ) | 668 m | ||||||||
| Water surface | 4.4 km² | ||||||||
| Reservoir length | 3.5 km | ||||||||
| Reservoir width | 2 km | ||||||||
| Storage space | 9.95 million m³ | ||||||||
The Fitzroy Falls Reservoir is a reservoir southwest of Wollongong in the southeast of the Australian state of New South Wales in the Coast Mountains. The lake is fed by Yarrunga Creek and is used to generate energy for the greater Wollongong area.
The water from the Fitzroy Falls Reservoir is fed via the 3300 m long Wildes Meadow Canal to the Burrawang pumping station and from there via the 2830 m long Burrawang Tunnel and the 1000 m long Burrawang Canal to the Wingecarribee Reservoir . From there it reaches the drinking water supply of Sydney via the Wingecarribee River .
The settlement of Burrawang is located approx. 4 km from the northern tip of the lake. The settlement of Fitzroy Falls is about 0.9 km southwest of the lake.
Web links and sources
- Fitzroy Falls Reservoir - NSW . ExplorOz.com
- Map of Fitzroy Falls Reservoir, NSW . Bonzle.com
- Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing Pty. Ltd. Archerfield QLD (2007). ISBN 978174193232-4 . P. 35