Upper Yarra Reservoir
Area of catchment
33,670 hectares
Type of dam
Rolled earthfill and rockfill embankment
Maximum height of main dam from river to crest
90 metres
Length measured along top of dam
610 metres
Surface area (top water level)
750 hectares
Total available capacity
200,579 megalitres
Volume as at 25/5/2013
91,638 megalitres (45.7% full)
Where the water goes
Supplies Silvan for distribution throughout the metropolitan area.
Date of completion
1957
| Upper Yarra Key Rainfall Facts (in mm) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Tot | |
| Wettest | 184.2 (1956) |
233.9 (1973) |
190.0 (1950) |
200.2 (1951) |
256.0 (1960) |
288.5 (1952) |
228.6 (1947) |
223.2 (1976) |
222.6 (1992) |
251.2 (1953) |
210.1 (1960) |
198.9 (1955) |
1699.9 (1952) |
| Driest | 3.2 (1990) |
0.4 (1991) |
0.8 (1951) |
16.5 (1963) |
16.4 (2001) |
23.4 (1965) |
28.8 (1994) |
24.8 (1982) |
45.8 (1981) |
39.4 (2006) |
23.6 (1982) |
4.1 (1972) |
683.6 (1997) |
| Average | 62.1 | 54.7 | 63.2 | 81.8 | 99.6 | 101.6 | 112.5 | 125.7 | 121.8 | 110.8 | 101.1 | 87 | 1121.7 |
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