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Poona Dam

The Poona Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam with a toe drain with an un-gated spillway across a tributary of the South Maroochy River in Kureelpa, Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. The main purpose of the dam is for storage of potable water for the Sunshine Coast region. The impounded reservoir is also called Poona Dam.

Overview

The dam is located north-west of .

The earthen dam structure is long. The resultant reservoir has capacity of when full, covering a surface area of , with a maximum width of that is drawn from a catchment area of . Initially managed by the Maroochy Shire Council, management of the dam was transferred to SEQ Water in July 2008 as part of a water security project in the South East Queensland region, known as the SEQ Water Grid.

Recreation

Recreation is not permitted on the dam and in its surrounds.

In 2008, the body of a deceased man was found on the eastern spillway of the dam wall.

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