Cardinia Reservoir
Area of catchment
2,800 hectares (off stream storage) water supplied from Silvan
Type of dam
Rolled earthfill and rockfill embankment
Maximum height of main dam from river to crest
85 metres
Length measured along top of dam
1,542 metres (main bank only, saddle dams have an additional crest length of 2,841 metres)
Surface area (top water level)
1,295 hectares
Total available capacity
287,000 megalitres
Volume as at 4/7/2009
109,073 megalitres (38.0% full)
Where the water goes
Southern and southern-eastern suburbs and the Mornington Peninsula
Date of completion
1973
Annual Rainfall
| Cardinia Key Rainfall Facts (in mm) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Tot | |
| Wettest | 136.2 (1991) |
208.8 (1973) |
128.5 (1973) |
181.2 (1974) |
168.4 (2000) |
177.4 (1991) |
171.8 (1996) |
174.4 (1975) |
215.4 (1992) |
204.0 (1989) |
194.8 (1971) |
213.0 (1993) |
1328.4 (1993) |
| Driest | 7.0 (1990) |
3.2 (1991) |
16.8 (1986) |
28.8 (1993) |
24.4 (2005) |
17.5 (1972) |
35.0 (1982) |
32.2 (1982) |
52.0 (1981) |
36.0 (1991) |
19.2 (1982) |
5.1 (1972) |
620.4 (1997) |
| Average | 65.4 | 59.5 | 60.8 | 83.9 | 87 | 89.4 | 86.6 | 99.2 | 102.9 | 101.7 | 88.5 | 81.6 | 1006.4 |
