Serpentine Pipehead Dam

Serpentine Pipehead Dam

Serpentine Pipehead Dam was constructed to use the Serpentine River, in Western Australia, to convey water from Serpentine Dam to the interconnection with the Metropolitan trunk main network. The dam is also used to store water from the Dandalup scheme whereby water can be pumped or gravity transferred back into Serpentine pipehead dam. The dam site also contains a state of the art water treatment plant and a beautiful picnic area.

The pipehead dam is 7 km upstream from Serpentine Falls and was constructed in the late 1950s and was opened in 1957.

pecifications

Pipehead Dam

*Reservoir capacity - 3.14 GL
*Surface area at full storage - 0.608 km²
*Catchment area - 28 km²
*Reservoir length - 6 km
*Height above lowest foundation - 16 m
*Volume of wall
**concrete - 5000 m³
**earth - 10000 m³

External links

* [http://www.watercorporation.com.au/d/dams_storagedetail.cfm?id=11463 Dam storage level website]
* [http://www.watercorporation.com.au/_files/PublicationsRegister/12/serpentine.pdf Serpentine Dam facilities brochure]


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