Maroondah Reservoir
Area of catchment
10,400 hectares
Type of dam
Concrete gravity dam
Maximum height of main dam from river to crest
41 metres
Length measured along top of dam
291 metres
Surface area (top water level)
200 hectares
Total available capacity
22,000 megalitres
Volume as at 4/7/2009
6,320 megalitres (28.7% full)
Rainfall to 8am 4/7/2009 : 20.0 mm
These results are preliminary and are validated at the end of the month.
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Where the water goes
Water is transferred to Sugarloaf Reservoir and then to some of Melbourne's northern, western and inner suburbs.
Date of completion
1927
| Maroondah Key Rainfall Facts (in mm) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Tot | |
| Wettest | 231.2 (1897) |
243.3 (1946) |
241.8 (1931) |
297.3 (1935) |
252.2 (1944) |
286.8 (1911) |
225.8 (1952) |
262.9 (1939) |
224.9 (1916) |
316.1 (1937) |
239.6 (2004) |
257.8 (1930) |
1702.8 (1952) |
| Driest | 2.6 (1930) |
1.3 (1968) |
0.0 (1951) |
0.0 (1923) |
7.4 (1934) |
15.2 (1972) |
35.2 (2001) |
32.0 (1982) |
35.6 (1961) |
4.7 (1914) |
18.8 (1895) |
4.6 (1972) |
652.3 (1997) |
| Average | 69.3 | 63.6 | 75.6 | 92.9 | 103.8 | 104.9 | 104 | 115.9 | 116.9 | 120 | 100.5 | 94.2 | 1161.6 |
