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Melbourne Water

Melbourne's water
storages
are currently

32.7%

Sugarloaf Reservoir

Sugarloaf Reservoir

Area of catchment
915 hectares (off stream storage)

Type of dam
Rolled rockfill embankment with upstream concrete face

Maximum height of main dam from river to crest
89 metres

Length measured along top of dam
1,050 metres (main bank only, saddle dams have an additional length of 690 metres)

Surface area (top water level)
440 hectares

Total available capacity
96,000 megalitres

Volume as at 21/8/2008
30,464 megalitres (31.7% full)

Where the water goes
Northern, western and central suburbs.

Date of completion
1981


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