- Lake Eildon
Infobox lake
lake_name = Lake Eildon
image_lake = Lake_Eildon_MP1.jpg
caption_lake = A view of the lake showing where the water level used to be less than 15 years ago
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location = Southern Victoria
coords = coord|37.214|S|145.931|E|type:waterbody_region:AU|display=inline,title
type =Reservoir
inflow = Goulburn River
outflow = Goulburn River
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basin_countries = Australia
length = 983 m
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area = 13,832 ha
depth = 79 m
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volume = 3,334,158 ML
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frozen =Lake Eildon is the impoundment created by Eildon Weir on the Goulburn River in southern Victoria,
Australia . At 3,334,158 ML when full, it contains six times as much water asSydney Harbour and is the second largest water storage in Victoria. It is located at the town of Eildon, withinLake Eildon National Park .Construction
The lake was created in several stages. The first dam was constructed between 1915 and 1929, creating what was then known as "Sugarloaf Reservoir". The storage was enlarged to 377,000 ML in 1935, and then enlarged almost tenfold between 1951 and 1955. On average, 91% of the water from Lake Eildon goes to the
Goulburn Weir and theWaranga Basin before it flows to irrigators in the Goulburn Valley system.Drought
In recent years, Lake Eildon has rarely filled, and the once-thriving holiday destinations around the lake have been unable to attract visitors, leading to considerable economic hardship. Although water is in great demand for
agriculture , careful regulation has kept outflows fairly static. As ofMay 8 ,2007 , Lake Eildon had dropped to an all-time low of 5.3% capacity. [http://www.g-mwater.com.au/browse.asp?ContainerID=water_storage_levels]In June 2007, the Victoria Government announced that Lake Eildon would be connected to Melbourne's metropolitan water supply via a pipeline from the Goulburn River.
The nearby town of Bonnie Doon was the location for the holiday scenes in the movie, "The Castle".
Gallery
ee also
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Eildon, Victoria External links
* [http://www.lakeeildon.com Lake Eildon Tourism Website]
* [http://www.g-mwater.com.au/water-resources/storages/goulburn/lakeeildon Goulburn-Murray Water - Lake Eildon]
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