Lake Moogerah
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| Lake Moogerah | |
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| Location | Fassifern Valley, Queensland |
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| Lake type | reservoir |
| Primary inflows | Reynold's Creek |
| Primary outflows | Reynold's Creek |
| Catchment area | 227 km² [1] |
| Basin countries | Australia |
| Surface area | 827 ha |
| Water volume | 83 700 ML[2] |
| Surface elevation | 154.91 m AHD |
| References | [1][2] |
Lake Moogerah, formed by Moogerah Dam, is a water supply and irrigation dam on Reynold's Creek, a tributary of the Bremer River in Southeast Queensland's Fassifern Valley. The lake is used for recreation, fishing and camping. Water Skiing has been suspended due to extremely low water levels.
The lake is located around 60 km southwest of Ipswich, and about 90 minutes drive from Brisbane. Boonah is the nearest town, about 15km from the lake.
Construction on the dam began in 1959, although land for the project was resumed as early as 1916 [3]. Moogerah Dam was completed in 1961 as the central catchment of the Warrill Valley Water Supply Scheme. The dam wall at Lake Moogerah allows access to Mt Edwards in Moogerah Peaks National Park.
The dam supplies drinking water to the towns of Boonah and Ipswich, although the main user is the Swanbank Power Station. It also supplies irrigation water to small crop farms in the Fassifern Valley.
There is a caravan park at Moogerah Dam. Presbyterian Christian Education operate a campsite at the lake for church youth groups. On the western shore are Camp Mallon and Camp Laurence which offer group accommodation camps with educational and adventure activities for school students, family and church groups. On the southern shore is the Brisbane Grammar School Pepperina Hill Campsite, which is primarily used for grade 8-10 camps.[4]
During the 1995 drought dam levels declined to a low of 1% total capacity. [5]
SunWater is undertaking a dam spillway capacity upgrade program to ensure the highest level of safety for our dams is maintained. The spillway will be upgraded in the longer term. [6]
[edit] Fishing
A Stocked Impoundment Permit is required to fish in the dam[7].
[edit] References
- ^ a b Department of Natural Resources and Water
- ^ a b Sunwater Current Water Storage Information
- ^ Queensland Environmental Protection Agency, Heritage Trails of the Great South East, State of Queensland, 2000 p 32. ISBN 0-7345-1008-X.
- ^ www.bgs.qld.edu.au
- ^ Collie, Gordon. Worst drought of century cripples farmers. The Courier Mail. 26 August 1995.
- ^ Spillway Capacity Upgrade Program
- ^ Fishing in Queensland dams? You may need a permit.
