Cedar Pocket Dam

Dam in Wide Bay–Burnett, Queensland

26°12′48″S 152°47′31″E / 26.21333°S 152.79194°E / -26.21333; 152.79194PurposeIrrigationStatusOperationalOpening date1987 (1987)Operator(s)SEQ WaterDam and spillwaysType of damEmbankment damImpoundsDeep CreekHeight20 m (66 ft)Length117 m (384 ft)Dam volume8×10^³ m³ (280×10^³ cu ft)Spillway typeUncontrolledSpillway capacity1,100 m³/s (39,000 cu ft/s)ReservoirTotal capacity735 ML (26.0×10^⁶ cu ft)^[1]Catchment area17.8 km² (6.9 sq mi)Surface area22 ha (54 acres)Maximum water depth12.3 m (40 ft)Normal elevation101.07 m (331.6 ft) AHD Website
www.seqwater.com.au

The Cedar Pocket Dam is a partially concrete gravity and rock and earth-fill embankment dam with an un-gated spillway located across the Deep Creek in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia. The main purpose of the dam is for irrigation,^[2]^[3] where the dam provides regulated water supplies along Deep Creek, a tributary of the Mary River.

Location and features

The Cedar Pocket Dam is located about 12 km (7.5 mi) east of Gympie.

The dam wall is 20 metres (66 ft) high and 117 metres (384 ft) long and holds back 735 megalitres (26.0×10^⁶ cu ft) of water when at full capacity. The surface area of the reservoir is 22 hectares (54 acres) and the catchment area is 17.8 square kilometres (6.9 sq mi). The uncontrolled un-gated spillway has a discharge capacity of 1,110 cubic metres per second (39,000 cu ft/s).^[1]^[3] The dam is managed by Seqwater.^[4]

Recreation

There is a scenic lookout at Cedar Pocket Dam, however, picnic facilities and public toilets are unavailable.

References

^ ^a ^b "Cedar Pocket Dam". Water supply: Dams and weirs. Seqwater. 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
^ Harrison, Rod; James, Ernie; Sully, Chris; Classon, Bill; Eckermann, Joy (2008). Queensland Dams. Bayswater, Victoria: Australian Fishing Network. p. 94. ISBN 978-1-86513-134-4.
^ ^a ^b "Register of Large Dams in Australia". Dams information. Australian National Committee on Large Dams. 2010. Archived from the original (Excel (requires download)) on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
^ "Cedar Pocket Dam Emergency Action Plan" (PDF). Queensland Department of Natural Resources, Mines, and Energy. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 March 2017.

Water supply in Queensland, Australia

Dams and reservoirs by region

South East Queensland	Atkinson Baroon Pocket Biggera Creek Bill Gunn Bromelton Cedar Grove Weir Lake Clarendon Enoggera Ewen Maddock Gold Creek Hinze Lake Manchester Leslie Harrison Little Nerang Maroon Moogerah Mount Crosby Weir North Pine Poona Sideling Creek Six Mile Creek Somerset Splityard Creek Wappa Wivenhoe Wyaralong
Darling Downs	Connolly Cooby Coolmunda Cressbrook Glenlyon Leslie Perseverance
South West Queensland	E.J. Beardmore Neil Turner Weir
Wide Bay–Burnett	Ben Anderson Barrage Bjelke-Petersen Boobir Boondooma Borumba Cania Cedar Pocket Cooloolabin Fred Haigh Gordonbrook Lake Gregory Lenthalls McCauley Weir Meandu Creek Paradise Placer Wuruma
Central Queensland	Lake Awoonga Burton Gorge Callide Fairbairn Fitzroy River Barrage Kroombit Middle Creek Number 7 Teemburra Theresa Creek
North Queensland	Bamboo Burdekin Falls Eungella Gattonvale Offstream Storage Kinchant Paluma Peter Faust Ross River Solomon Teviot Creek
Far North Queensland	Copperlode Falls Ibis Irvinebank Koombooloomba Return Creek Southedge Stannary Hills Lake Tinaroo Wild River
North West Queensland	Lake Belmore Corella East Leichhardt Lake Julius Kidston Lake Moondarra Rifle Creek
Historical	Nindooinbah Tallebudgera Creek

Water resource management by function

Companies and government agencies	Gold Coast Water Queensland Urban Utilities seqwater SunWater WaterSecure
Other sources / facilities	Bradfield Scheme Bundaberg Irrigation Scheme Gold Coast Desalination Plant Mount Crosby Pumping Station SEQ Water Grid Toowoomba Water Futures referendum, 2006 Western Corridor Recycled Water Scheme
Regulators	Department of Energy and Water Supply
Historical	Brisbane Water LinkWater Queensland Water Commission SEQ Water Grid Manager