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    Warragamba Dam is a heritage-listed dam in the outer South Western Sydney suburb of Warragamba, Wollondilly Shire in New South Wales, Australia. It is...
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  • Warragamba Dam – Haviland Park is a heritage-listed former farm, dam, timber getting, Gundungurra traditional lands and squatter's land and now parkland...
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  • construction of Warragamba Dam, Sydney's primary water source, in the 1940s the modern town of Warragamba remains on the same site adjacent the dam. The town...
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    River and two minor tributaries, Warragamba River rises within Lake Burragorang and is the river on which Warragamba Dam is established, creating a large...
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    Lake Burragorang (category Warragamba, New South Wales)
    major water supply for greater metropolitan Sydney. The dam impounding the lake, the Warragamba Dam, is located approximately 60 kilometres (37 mi) southwest...
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    over Warragamba Dam management amid flooding by Antonette Collins from ABC News. 21 March 2021 Bitter dispute between NSW ministers over Warragamba Dam spilling...
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    Burragorang, which is located just outside the park and is the site of Warragamba Dam, the major source of drinking water for Sydney. A small section of the...
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  • US$100 million worldwide. In 1983, at the age of 33, Kennedy was killed at Warragamba Dam in New South Wales, Australia, when the helicopter he was piloting crashed...
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    Sydney's largest reservoir and stores water conveyed from Warragamba Dam, the Upper Nepean Dams (Cataract, Cordeaux, Avon and Nepean) and if necessary,...
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    Paybus FP1 Warragamba, Coxs River Arms: Coxs River track Warragamba, Warragamba Dam: Megarritys Bridge Warragamba, Warragamba Dam: Warragamba Dam - Haviland...
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    township of Warragamba, and the main water supply for Sydney, Warragamba Dam. The town's development increased with the construction of the dam. Silverdale...
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    Wollondilly Shire. It is home to Lake Burragorang, which is impounded by Warragamba Dam. It is partially encompassed by Blue Mountains National Park and Nattai...
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    major recreational area for the inhabitants of GWS. The heritage-listed Warragamba Dam, the primary reservoir for water supply for Sydney, is located in the...
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    Fuse plug (category Dam stubs)
    plugs are used in many dams throughout the world. For example, the Warragamba Dam in New South Wales has fuse plugs that are approximately 14m high. Options...
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    100 mm (3.94 in) of rain fell over parts of Western Sydney overnight. Warragamba Dam, Sydney's chief reservoir, was spilling at a rate in excess of 70 gigalitres...
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    began, around 450 gigalitres of water a day had been released from the Warragamba Dam, equal to the contents of Sydney Harbour, which is around 500 gigalitres...
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    area, in addition to over 140 rescues and 19,000 homes losing power. Warragamba dam also had a major spillage with 515 gigalitres of water flowing down...
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  • Megarritys Bridge (category Warragamba, New South Wales)
    across the Megarritys Creek, located at Warragamba Dam in the outer south-western Sydney suburb of Warragamba in the Wollondilly Shire local government...
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  • list of the tallest dams in the world over 135 m (443 ft) in height. The tallest dam in the world is the Jinping-I Dam, an arch dam in China at 305 m (1...
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  • combined), the readings were around 300 times higher than those of Warragamba Dam (0.1ppt total), and over 4 times the US enforceable threshold of 4ppt...
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    Victoria; Talbingo Dam, 162 metres (531 ft), NSW; Warragamba Dam, 142 metres (466 ft), NSW; Gordon Dam, 140 metres (460 ft), Tasmania "Gordon Dam, Tasmania: Submission...
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  • Sydney respectively. The Warragamba Dam spills over with authorities also expecting the Woronora Dam, Cataract Dam and Nepean Dam to overflow. 9 April –...
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  • Falls to Glenbrook, stretching from Kings Tableland in the west to Warragamba Dam and the Nepean River in the east, and the Burragorang Valley to the...
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    wilderness, declared wild rivers, and Warragamba Dam, until reaching 457 metres (1,499 ft), over the township of Warragamba and descending towards the airport...
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  • principal dams and their associated reservoirs: Tallowa Dam, Fitzroy Falls Dam and Wingecarribee Dam. Wingecarribee River is a tributary of Warragamba River...
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    people were rescued by emergency services during the stormy weekend. Warragamba Dam, which was only at 42% in capacity, reached as close to 70% after the...
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    220×10^6 cu ft). The dam has two outlets, the usual main spillway flowing into the Wingecarribee River which feeds the Warragamba Dam system, and an added...
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    projects such as the Upper Nepean Scheme, Snowy Mountains Scheme and Warragamba Dam. The Bradfield Scheme has been mooted as a way to transport water from...
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  • connecting with Penrith. Busways provides a bus route 795 which runs from Warragamba to Penrith along Mulgoa Road. The iconic Mulgoa speedhump is known amongst...
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    corporation WaterNSW now manages eleven major dams: Warragamba, one of the largest domestic water supply dams in the world, Woronora, Cataract, Cordeaux...
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