Pejar Dam

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Pejar Dam is the main water supply for the New South Wales, Australia, inland city of Goulburn.

The dam was completed in 1980 by the New South Wales Department of Works. It can store 9,000 megalitres over 1.55 square kilometres collected from a catchment of 142 square kilometres. The dam wall is 25 metres high.

Water is released from the dam down the Wollondilly River to the Rossi weir, upstream from Goulburn.

In May 2005, the city of Goulburn reached a crisis point as dam levels fell to 10% of capacity. There had been no significant rain since December 2004. Despite the strictest of water restrictions, the city was likely to run out of water by early-2006. The last time the dam was full was in November 2000. In November 2005, although the drought has broken in districts surrounding the region, the dam is still 11% full. By April 2006, this level has dropped to 0.1% of capacity.[1]

On April 21 2006 the Pejar Dam was declared officially empty.^[1]

[edit] References

1. ^ Braithwaite, David. "Dam dries up for first time in 25 years", Sydney Morning Herald, 21 April 2006. Retrieved on 2006-04-21.

[edit] External links

• ABC radio program on Goulburn's low dam levels in May 2005
• New South Wales Department of Agriculture drought maps (viewed 14 November 2005)
• Goulburn Mulwaree Council Water update as at early November 2005