Kidston Dam

Kidston Dam
Location	200km North of Hughenden, Queensland
Coordinates	19°05′00″S 144°07′26″E / 19.0833°S 144.124°E / -19.0833; 144.124Coordinates: 19°05′00″S 144°07′26″E / 19.0833°S 144.124°E / -19.0833; 144.124
Type	reservoir
Basin countries	Australia

Kidston Dam as so known as Copperfield Dam and was built for the local mine. The Kidston Gold Mine closed July 2001. It has a capacity of 20 400 ML.^[1]

This storage and associated pipeline was built to provide water to the Kidston Goldmine in the early 1980s on the Copperfield River, a tributary of the Einasleigh River in the Gilbert River catchment. The dam was one of the first dams built in Australia using the Roller Compacted Concrete technique. At the closure of the mine, the storage was handed back to the state and is owned/ managed by DEWS. Downstream properties receive water via a pipeline which was built to supply the mine and associated township. There is also a local arrangement to release water (towards the end of winter) to fill downstream waterholes. This allows riparian properties access to water for stock and domestic use until the coming wet season.

Fishing

The area is popular with recreational fisherman. In recent years the dam has seen an exponential growth in the redclaw population. There have been instances of a single fisherman catching 1500 crayfish.^[2]

Redclaw

References

↑ Orr, Ken. "Kidston Dam: An Asset Worth Preserving". North Queensland Register. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
↑ Orr, Ken. "Kidston Dam: An Asset Worth Preserving". North Queensland Register. Retrieved 23 January 2013.

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Water supply in Queensland, Australia

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North West Queensland	Lake Belmore Corella East Leichhardt Lake Julius Kidston Lake Moondarra Rifle Creek

Historical	Nindooinbah Tallebudgera Creek

Water resource management by function

Companies and government agencies	Gold Coast Water Queensland Urban Utilities seqwater SunWater WaterSecure

Other sources / facilities	Bradfield Scheme Bundaberg Irrigation Scheme Gold Coast Desalination Plant Mount Crosby Pumping Station SEQ Water Grid Toowoomba Water Futures referendum, 2006 Western Corridor Recycled Water Scheme

Regulators	Department of Energy and Water Supply

Historical	Brisbane Water LinkWater Queensland Water Commission SEQ Water Grid Manager

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Kidston Dam

Fishing

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