The Silvan Reservoir is located in
Silvan about east of
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/ Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a me ...
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Victoria, Australia. It has a capacity of .
The reservoir is operated by
Melbourne Water
Melbourne Water is a Victorian Government-owned statutory authority that controls and manages much of the water bodies and supplies in metropolitan Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, including the reservoirs, lakes, wetlands, canals and urban cr ...
.
Operations
Silvan is an off-stream storage reservoir, meaning that most of the water is sourced from other reservoirs as the actual catchment area of for Silvan is small. Water for Silvan is transferred from
Upper Yarra,
O'Shannassy and
Thomson (via Upper Yarra) reservoirs.
In turn, Silvan directly supplies water to many of Melbourne's eastern suburbs as well as other off-stream storage reservoirs, including
Cardinia and
Greenvale.
History
A severe drought in 1914 forced the government to search for a new water supply to handle Melbourne's ever-increasing needs. Construction took place between 1926 and 1931. It was officially opened on 7 July 1931.
[
] The reservoir was long, wide, creating a reservoir that is deep.
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In 1983, the wall started to show cracks and remedial works were undertaken. The picnic ground was added to the Silvan Reservoir Park at this time,]Parks Victoria
Parks Victoria is a government agency of the state of Victoria, Australia.
Parks Victoria was established in December 1996 as a statutory authority, reporting to the Victorian Minister for Environment and Climate Change. The ''Parks Victoria ...
.
References
External links
Melbourne Water website - Silvan Reservoir
Reservoirs in Victoria (Australia)
1931 establishments in Australia
Buildings and structures in the Shire of Yarra Ranges
Infrastructure completed in 1931
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