Lostock Dam is a minor rockfill and clay core embankment dam with a concrete lined flip bucket spillway across the Paterson River upstream of the village of East Gresford in the Hunter region of New South Wales Australia. The dam’s purpose includes flood mitigation irrigation water supply and conservation. Mini hydro-power facilities were retrofitted in 2010. The impounded reservoir is also called Lostock Dam.
point
length (km)
701.0
building start year
1969-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
country
Australia
elevation (μ)
92.0
height (cm)
38.0
vastest lake
Lostock_Dam__1
location
New South Wales, Hunter Region
opening year
1971-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
purpose
Flood mitigation hydro-power irrigation water supply and conservation
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