Canning Dam
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Canning Dam is a major water source for the city of Perth, Western Australia. It is situated on the Darling Scarp and acts as an impediment to the natural flow of the Canning River.
Construction of Canning Dam began in 1933 following the Great Depression.
Water from the dam is gravity fed through a tunnel bored through the granite range running approximately east-west from the dam to Roleystone where it is fed into the metropolitan trunk main distribution system. This tunnel was completed in 1970 to boost flow rates. Upon completion of Perth's new sea water desalination plant, Canning Dam is intended to be used as a storage reservoir for the excess water from the plant. The water will be pumped from the plant through the new Forrestfield Pumping Station to top up the dam.
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- Pyke, L.H. 2002. "The Yard" : water supply technology adaptation over the century "Heritage report, as requested, for the Armadale-Kelmscott Historical Society, History House, Armadale, Western Australia"
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