Cressbrook Dam is one of the three water storages used to supply

Toowoomba Toowoomba ( , nicknamed 'The Garden City' and 'T-Bar') is a city in the Toowoomba Region of the Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia. It is west of Queensland's capital city Brisbane by road. The urban population of Toowoomba as of the 2021 ...

and the surrounding region in

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ...

, Australia. The dam is north-east of

in the locality of Biarra in the

Somerset Region The Somerset Region is a local government area located in the West Moreton region of South East Queensland, Australia, about northwest of Brisbane and centred on the town of Esk. It was created in 2008 from a merger of the Shire of Esk and ...

. It was constructed in 1983 for the former

Toowoomba City Council The City of Toowoomba was a local government area in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia, encompassing the centre and inner suburbs of the regional city of Toowoomba. The City covered an area of , and existed as a local governm ...

(now the

Toowoomba Regional Council The Toowoomba Region is a local government area located in the Darling Downs part of Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it was preceded by several previous local government areas with histories extending back to the early 1900s and bey ...

). The other two storages used for Toowoomba are Perseverance Dam and Cooby Dam. The impoundment of the dam, Lake Cressbrook, has a surface area of 517 hectares with a total capacity of 81,800 mega-litres when full (78,700 ML usable) at an average depth of 15.8 metres. The lake is considered for a 400 MW / 4 GWh (10-hour)

pumped-storage hydroelectricity Pumped-storage hydroelectricity (PSH), or pumped hydroelectric energy storage (PHES), is a type of hydroelectric energy storage used by electric power systems for load balancing. The method stores energy in the form of gravitational potent ...

project. The catchment also contains Perseverance Dam, which is located 10 km upstream of Cressbrook Dam.

Fishing

A ''Stocked Impoundment Permit'' is required to fish in the dam.Fishing in Queensland dams? You may need a permit.

References

Reservoirs in Queensland Dams completed in 1983 Darling Downs Dams in Queensland Dams in the Murray River basin 1983 establishments in Australia {{Queensland-struct-stub