Cressbrook Dam

Reservoir in Queensland, Australia

27°15′48″S 152°12′22″E / 27.2633°S 152.206°E / -27.2633; 152.206TypereservoirPrimary inflowsCressbrook CreekPrimary outflowsCressbrook CreekCatchment area326 km² (126 sq mi)Basin countriesAustraliaSurface area5.17 km² (2.00 sq mi)Max. depth34 m (112 ft)Water volume81,800 ML (2,890×10^⁶ cu ft)Surface elevation280 m (920 ft)

Cressbrook Dam is one of the three water storages used to supply Toowoomba and the surrounding region in Queensland, Australia. The dam is 33 km (21 mi) north-east of Toowoomba in the locality of Biarra in the Somerset Region. It was constructed in 1983^[1] for the former Toowoomba City Council (now the Toowoomba Regional Council). The other two storages used for Toowoomba are Perseverance Dam and Cooby Dam.

The impoundment of the dam, Lake Cressbrook, has a surface area of 517^[1] hectares with a total capacity of 81,800 mega-litres when full (78,700 ML usable) at an average depth of 15.8 metres. The lake is considered for a 400 MW / 4 GWh (10-hour) pumped-storage hydroelectricity project.^[2]

The catchment also contains Perseverance Dam, which is located 10 km upstream of Cressbrook Dam.

Fishing

A Stocked Impoundment Permit is required to fish in the dam.^[3]

References

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^ ^a ^b "Toowoomba's Dams - Cressbrook Dam". Toowoomba Regional Council. Archived from the original on 27 July 2008. Retrieved 2 November 2009.
^ "Bechtel to work on 4GWh pumped hydro plant with battery storage in Queensland". Energy Storage News. 5 August 2022.
^ Fishing in Queensland dams? You may need a permit. Archived August 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

Water supply in Queensland, Australia

Dams and reservoirs by region

South East Queensland	Atkinson Baroon Pocket Biggera Creek Bill Gunn Bromelton Cedar Grove Weir Lake Clarendon Enoggera Ewen Maddock Gold Creek Hinze Lake Manchester Leslie Harrison Little Nerang Maroon Moogerah Mount Crosby Weir North Pine Poona Sideling Creek Six Mile Creek Somerset Splityard Creek Wappa Wivenhoe Wyaralong
Darling Downs	Connolly Cooby Coolmunda Cressbrook Glenlyon Leslie Perseverance
South West Queensland	E.J. Beardmore Neil Turner Weir
Wide Bay–Burnett	Ben Anderson Barrage Bjelke-Petersen Boobir Boondooma Borumba Cania Cedar Pocket Cooloolabin Fred Haigh Gordonbrook Lake Gregory Lenthalls McCauley Weir Meandu Creek Paradise Placer Wuruma
Central Queensland	Lake Awoonga Burton Gorge Callide Fairbairn Fitzroy River Barrage Kroombit Middle Creek Number 7 Teemburra Theresa Creek
North Queensland	Bamboo Burdekin Falls Eungella Gattonvale Offstream Storage Kinchant Paluma Peter Faust Ross River Solomon Teviot Creek
Far North Queensland	Copperlode Falls Ibis Irvinebank Koombooloomba Return Creek Southedge Stannary Hills Lake Tinaroo Wild River
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