Burrendong Dam is a rock-fill embankment major gated dam with a clay core across the Macquarie River upstream of Wellington in the central west region of New South Wales Australia. The dam’s purpose includes flood mitigation irrigation water supply and hydro-electric power generation. The dam impounds Lake Burrendong and is filled by the waters from the Macquarie and Cudgegong rivers and Meroo Creek.
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