Design and Capacity
The North Pine Dam is a mass concrete dam designed by the Department of Local Government, with the Co-ordinator General's Department supervising construction contracts. The cost of the dam was A$20 million.
Its dam wall is 580 metres long and 40 metres high, with a central concrete spillway section on which five steel gates are installed.
The dam has a storage capacity of 214,960 megalitres with a catchment area of 348 km². As at May 2009, it is storing approximately 214,960 megalitres - 100% of its capacity.
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