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Chaffey Dam is located 43 kilometres south-east of Tamworth on the Peel River. The dam provides water for irrigated agriculture, industry, town water supplies, river flows and domestic requirements, flood mitigation and environmental flows.
Prior to the upgrade the dam could be described as a 54 metres high, 430 metres long clay cored rockfill embankment with a combined morning glory spillway and outlet works.
The objectives of the Chaffey Dam Safety Upgrade and Augmentation Project was to augment the dam’s storage capacity from 62 megalitres to 100 megalitres and upgrade the dam to comply with ANCOLD and New South Wales Dam Safety Committee (DSC) safety standards regarding flood mitigation and stability of the structure.
Location
| Address: | Nundle Road, Chaffey Dam, Nundle, 2340 |
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| State: | NSW |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -31.349423 Long: 151.138117 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Plaque |
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| Monument Theme: | Government |
| Sub-Theme: | State |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Friday 6th May, 2016 |
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CHAFFEY DAM SAFETY UPGRADE
AND AUGMENTATION
This plaque commemorates the completion of the Chaffey Dam safety upgrade and augmentation from 62,000 megalitres to 100,000 megalitres
Opened by
The Hon. Barnaby Joyce MP
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, Member for New England
and
The Hon. Niall Blair MP
NSW Minister for Primary Industries and Minister for Lands and Water
6 May 2016
Kevin Anderson Member for Tamworth
Col Murray Mayor Tamworth Regional Council
David Harris CEOWaterNSW
Australian Government
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources
NSW Making It Happen
Tamworth Regional Council
WaterNSW
Plaque:
This plaque sits on a section of the front tower of
Chaffey Dam`s Morning Glory Spillway,
removed as part of the augmentation and safety
upgrade. The spillway was raised by 6.5 metres
to increase the permanent storage capacity of the
dam. 12 sections weighing up to 7 tonnes each
were removed from the spillway to allow water to
enter the structure and flow downstream.
