Orange Grove, Western Australia

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Orange Grove is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Gosnells. Its postcode is 6109.

In 2006, the local primary school, Orange Grove Primary School,[1] became the first school in Western Australia to produce a podcast, with its show entitled Podkids Australia.[2]

Despite the name, Bickley Dam is situated within Orange Grove. It was constructed in 1921 on Bickley Brook, a tributary of the Canning River. This created Bickley Reservoir,32°1′47″S, 116°2′12″E, which has a capacity of 0.06 gigalitres (GL). It is a source of drinking water for the Integrated Water Supply System (IWSS) which services Perth, Mandurah, Pinjarra, Harvey and the Goldfields and Agricultural regions. It was used as a direct source of water for Perth until 1994. Since 1994 however it has operated as a pumpback for Victoria Reservoir due to low pipeline pressure and poor water quality.[3]

Bickley Dam and Reservoir panorama
Bickley Dam and Reservoir panorama

[edit] References

  1. ^ Orange Grove Primary School www.ogps.wa.edu.au. Retrieved 2007-02-12.
  2. ^ Podkids Australia www.podkids.com.au. Retrieved 2007-02-12.
  3. ^ Bickley Reservoir Catchment Area Drinking Water Source Protection Plan Water Resource Protection Report Series. REPORT NO.61 JUNE 2006. Retrieved 2007-02-11.
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