Tarago Reservoir
Area of catchment
11,400 hectares
Type of dam
Rockfill with clay core
Maximum height of main dam from river to crest
34 metres
Length measured along top of dam
300 metres
Surface area (top water level)
360 hectares
Total available capacity
37,580 megalitres
Volume as at 19/6/2013
30,762 megalitres (81.9% full)
Rainfall to 8am 19/6/2013 : 2.6 mm
These results are preliminary and are validated at the end of the month.
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Where the water goes
Westernport and Mornington Peninsula.
Date of completion
1969 (enlarged in 1971)
| Tarago Key Rainfall Facts (in mm) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Tot | |
| Wettest | 123.8 (1991) |
188.8 (1973) |
137.9 (1973) |
160.0 (1995) |
151.6 (2000) |
143.4 (1977) |
147.8 (1977) |
172.2 (1975) |
233.6 (1992) |
213.0 (1989) |
167.0 (1971) |
207.2 (1985) |
1206.2 (1978) |
| Driest | 3.4 (1990) |
3.1 (1991) |
12.8 (1972) |
21.2 (1993) |
15.4 (2009) |
14.6 (2006) |
28.8 (1976) |
24.8 (1998) |
36.0 (2001) |
36.6 (2008) |
29.4 (1982) |
7.7 (1972) |
665.4 (1997) |
| Average | 63.1 | 49.8 | 62.9 | 74.9 | 69.6 | 72 | 80.6 | 89.7 | 104.7 | 106.5 | 89.6 | 83.4 | 946.8 |
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