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The dam is stocked with Australian Bass, Golden Perch, Silver Perch, and Saratoga under the Stocked Impoundment Permit Scheme. [ 3 ] The dam was completed in 1982, and after reaching a low of 3.31% in February 2003, it overflowed for the first time in late December 2010.
The Somerset Dam is a mass concrete gravity dam with a gated spillway across the Stanley River in Queensland, Australia. It is within the locality of Somerset Dam in the Somerset Region in South East Queensland. The main purpose of the dam is the supply of potable water for the Brisbane, Gold Coast and Logan City regions.
It is stocked with Australian native fish such as barramundi, bass, golden perch and silver perch under the Queensland Governments stocked impoundment permit scheme. Other aquatic species which inhabit the lake include spangled grunter, saratoga, Krefft's turtle, Flinders Ranges mogurnda, rainbow fish, fire tail gudgeon, long finned eel and many more.
Since 1991, lake has been stocked with 80,000 bass and 25,000 Silver Perch. Garfish and eel-tailed catfish occur naturally. [2] Lake Gregory is the closest freshwater storage lake to Bundaberg and is surrounded by the Elliott State Forest. [3] A Stocked Impoundment Permit is required to fish in the dam. [4]
The dam is stocked with bass, golden perch, silver perch and southern saratoga. [5] Additionally eel-tailed catfish, spangled perch and bony bream are present naturally. [5] A Stocked Impoundment Permit is required to fish in the dam. [11] The Bjelke-Petersen Dam Fishing Classic is held every October. [6]
In 1976, the Government gave approval to proceed with construction of the pumped storage hydro-electric scheme. [5] Total cost for the hydro-electric project was A$450 million. In March 1977, the first construction contract was awarded. [5] The dam was designed by the Queensland Water Resources Commission. [5]
A Stocked Impoundment Permit is required to fish in the dam. [2] See also. Queensland portal; List of dams and reservoirs in Australia; References
The Callide Dam is an earth and rock-fill dam which was constructed in 1965 to supply water for the Callide Power Station in Mount Murchison near Biloela in the state of Queensland, Australia. [2] The impoundment of the dam is Lake Callide, which holds 136,370 megalitres (3.603 × 10 10 US gal) at an average depth of 10.5 metres (34 ft) and a ...