The Corin Dam is an earth and
rockfill embankment dam with an
uncontrolled side channel spillway across the
Cotter River, located within
Namadgi National Park
Namadgi National Park is a protected area in the south-west of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), bordering Kosciuszko National Park in New South Wales. It lies approximately southwest of Canberra, and occupies approximately 46 percent of ...
in the
Australian Capital Territory
The Australian Capital Territory (commonly abbreviated as ACT), known as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) until 1938, is a landlocked federal territory of Australia containing the national capital Canberra and some surrounding townships. ...
,
Australia. The impounded
reservoir
A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation.
Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including control ...
is called the Corin Reservoir which is a
supply source of
potable water
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for the city of
Canberra and its environs. It is named after
William Corin
William Corin (13 October 1867- 2 March 1929) was an English-born electrical engineer, who undertook some of the early design of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electricity Scheme in Australia.
He was born in Kent, England and was educated at King ...
(1867–1929), a pioneer in hydroelectric development in Australia.
Location and features
Constructed by
Thiess Bros Pty Limited working from designs prepared by the Commonwealth Department of Works, the Corin Dam was completed and opened in 1968. The earthen dam wall built on a rock foundation is high and long with a volume of . The wall impounds of water held within the Corin Reservoir, forming a surface area of approximately drawn from a
catchment area
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of .
The uncontrolled side channel spillway is capable of discharging from the reservoir,
[ with a high water level approximately ]above sea level
Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as '' orthometric heights''.
The ...
.
See also
* List of dams and reservoirs in the Australian Capital Territory
* Corin Forest
References
External links
{{Rivers of the Australian Capital Territory
Dams completed in 1961
Dams in the Australian Capital Territory
Embankment dams
Rock-filled dams
Murray-Darling basin