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Woronora Dam

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The Woronora Dam is a concrete gravity dam with an uncontrolled serpentine spillway across the Woronora River, located south of Greater Metropolitan Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia. [1]

40 relations: Australia, Australian National Committee on Large Dams, Bundeena, New South Wales, Bungalow, Coalcliff, New South Wales, Concrete, Cronulla, New South Wales, Dam, Department of Defence (Australia), Drainage basin, Drinking water, Geography of Sydney, Georges River, Government of New South Wales, Gravity dam, Great Depression, Helensburgh, Illawarra, Lucas Heights, New South Wales, Miranda, New South Wales, Nepean Dam, New South Wales, Otford, New South Wales, Pontoon (boat), Princes Highway, Reservoir, Shoalhaven Scheme, Sonar, South Coast railway line, New South Wales, Stanwell Park, New South Wales, Stanwell Tops, New South Wales, Sutherland Shire, Sutherland, New South Wales, Sydney, Sydney Catchment Authority, Sydney Water, Upper Nepean Scheme, Warragamba Dam, Water supply, Woronora River.

Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Australian National Committee on Large Dams

The Australian National Committee on Large Dams (abbreviated as ANCOLD) is an Australian-based non-government, non-profit and voluntary association of organisations and individual professionals with a common technical interest in large dams and their environs.

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Bundeena, New South Wales

Bundeena is a village on the outskirts of southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

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Bungalow

A bungalow is a type of building, originally developed in the Bengal region in South Asia.

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Coalcliff, New South Wales

Coalcliff is a town on the coast of New South Wales, Australia, between Sydney and Wollongong.

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Concrete

Concrete, usually Portland cement concrete, is a composite material composed of fine and coarse aggregate bonded together with a fluid cement (cement paste) that hardens over time—most frequently a lime-based cement binder, such as Portland cement, but sometimes with other hydraulic cements, such as a calcium aluminate cement.

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Cronulla, New South Wales

Cronulla is a relaxed beachside suburb, in Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

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Dam

A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of water or underground streams.

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Department of Defence (Australia)

The Department of Defence is a department of the Government of Australia charged with the responsibility to defend Australia and its national interests.

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Drainage basin

A drainage basin is any area of land where precipitation collects and drains off into a common outlet, such as into a river, bay, or other body of water.

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Drinking water

Drinking water, also known as potable water, is water that is safe to drink or to use for food preparation.

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Geography of Sydney

The geography of Sydney is characterised by its coastal location on a basin bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the east, the Blue Mountains to the west, the Hawkesbury River to the north and the Woronora Plateau to the south.

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Georges River

The Georges River, formerly known as Tucoerah River, is an intermediate tide dominated drowned valley estuary, located to the south and west of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Government of New South Wales

The Government of New South Wales, also referred to as the New South Wales Government or NSW Government, is the Australian state democratic administrative authority of New South Wales.

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Gravity dam

A gravity dam is a dam constructed from concrete or stone masonry and designed to hold back water by primarily utilizing the weight of the material alone to resist the horizontal pressure of water pushing against it.

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Great Depression

The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States.

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Helensburgh

Helensburgh (lit) is a town within the Helensburgh and Lomond Area of Argyll and Bute Council, Scotland.

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Illawarra

Illawarra is a region in the Australian state of New South Wales.

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Lucas Heights, New South Wales

Lucas Heights is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

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Miranda, New South Wales

Miranda is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

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Nepean Dam

The Nepean Dam, one of four dams and weirs in the catchment of the Upper Nepean Scheme, in New South Wales, Australia, provides water to the Macarthur and Illawarra regions, the Wollondilly Shire, and metropolitan Sydney.

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New South Wales

New South Wales (abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of:Australia.

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Otford, New South Wales

Otford is a former village, now satellite housing in the Otford Valley just 60 km to the south of the Sydney metropolitan area and north of the Illawarra and Wollongong in New South Wales, Australia.

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Pontoon (boat)

A pontoon boat is a flattish boat that relies on pontoons to float.

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Princes Highway

The Princes Highway is a major road in Australia, extending from Sydney to Port Augusta via the coast through the states of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.

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Reservoir

A reservoir (from French réservoir – a "tank") is a storage space for fluids.

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Shoalhaven Scheme

The Shoalhaven Scheme is a dual-purpose water supply and hydro-electric power generation scheme located on the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia.

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Sonar

Sonar (originally an acronym for SOund Navigation And Ranging) is a technique that uses sound propagation (usually underwater, as in submarine navigation) to navigate, communicate with or detect objects on or under the surface of the water, such as other vessels.

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South Coast railway line, New South Wales

The South Coast railway line (also known as the Illawarra railway line) is a commuter and goods railway line in New South Wales, Australia.

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Stanwell Park, New South Wales

Stanwell Park is a picturesque coastal village and northern suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.

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Stanwell Tops, New South Wales

Stanwell Tops is an exurban locality between the cities of Sydney and Wollongong on the New South Wales, Australia coastline.

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Sutherland Shire

The Sutherland Shire is a local government area in the southern region of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

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Sutherland, New South Wales

Sutherland is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

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Sydney

Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania.

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Sydney Catchment Authority

The Sydney Catchment Authority is a statutory authority of the Government of New South Wales created in 1999 to manage and protect drinking water catchments and catchment infrastructure, and supplies bulk water to its customers, including Sydney Water and a number of local government authorities in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

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Sydney Water

Sydney Water or formally, Sydney Water Corporation, is a New South Wales Governmentowned statutory corporation that provides potable drinking water, wastewater and some stormwater services to Greater Metropolitan Sydney, the Illawarra and the Blue Mountains regions, in the Australian state of New South Wales.

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Upper Nepean Scheme

The Upper Nepean Scheme is a series of dams and weirs in the catchments of the Cataract, Cordeaux, Avon and Nepean rivers of New South Wales, Australia.

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Warragamba Dam

Warragamba Dam, a concrete gravity dam, creates Lake Burragorang, the primary reservoir for water supply for the Australian city of Sydney, New South Wales.

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Water supply

Water supply is the provision of water by public utilities commercial organisations, community endeavors or by individuals, usually via a system of pumps and pipes.

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Woronora River

The Woronora River is a perennial river of the Sydney Basin, located in the Sutherland Shire local government area of Greater Metropolitan Sydney, approximately south of the Sydney central business district, in New South Wales, Australia.

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Woronora Dam, New South Wales, Woronora Reservoir.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woronora_Dam

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