The Serpentine Pipehead Dam was constructed to use the
Serpentine River, in
Western Australia
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, to convey water from
Serpentine Dam to the interconnection with the metropolitan trunk main network. The dam is also used to store water from the
Dandalup scheme whereby water can be pumped or gravity transferred back into the Serpentine Pipehead Dam. The dam site also contains a water treatment plant and picnic area. The pipehead dam is upstream from
Serpentine Falls and was constructed in the late 1950s, opening in 1957. The dam utilized of concrete and of earth.
External links
Dam storage level websiteSerpentine Dam facilities brochure
Dams completed in 1957
Dams in Western Australia
Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale
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