The Serpentine Pipehead Dam was constructed to use the Serpentine River, in

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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

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and was constructed in the late 1950s, opening in 1957. The dam utilized of concrete and of earth.

External links

Dam storage level website

Serpentine Dam facilities brochure
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