Table 1

1 January 2000


Table 1: Reservoir siltation in the Broken Hill region (northeast area of New South Wales, Australia)* = Fully-silted nowadays F = Extensive desilting in 1971
Dam Year of completion Catchment area km2 Original reservoir capacity m3 Cumulative siltation volume m3 Date of record
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
Corona dam ~1890 15 120,000* 120,000 fully-silted 1910?
Stephens Creek dam 1892 510 24.3M 4.5M 1958
de-silting F 1971
Umberumberka dam 1915 420 13.2M
3.6M 1941
4.5M 1961
5M 1964
5.7M 1982



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