Kinchant Dam

Reservoir in West of Mackay, Queensland

21°12′40″S 148°53′49″E / 21.2112°S 148.897°E / -21.2112; 148.897TypereservoirPrimary inflowsSandy Creek, Pioneer RiverCatchment area30.84 km² (11.91 sq mi)Basin countriesAustraliaMax. length5,325 m (17,470 ft)Surface area920 ha (2,300 acres)Max. depth18.1 m (59 ft)Water volume72,235 ML (58,562 acre⋅ft)^[1]Surface elevation57.21 m (187.7 ft)References^[1]

Kinchant Dam is a dam in the locality of Kinchant Dam in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia.^[2] It created the reservoir Lake Kinchant (21°13′00″S 148°53′00″E / 21.2166°S 148.8833°E / -21.2166; 148.8833 (Lake Kinchant)).^[3] It has a storage capacity of 72,235 megalitres (2,551.0×10^⁶ cu ft).^[4]

Geography

The dam is built on Sandy Creek to provide irrigation and town water. However most of the water in the lake does not come from Sandy Creek but is pumped from the Pioneer River at Mirani Weir into an 8-kilometre (5.0 mi) channel into the lake.^[4]

History

The dam was built in stages starting in 1974 and completed in 1986.^[4] The dam is named after local pioneer Frank Kinchant.

Fishing

A Stocked Impoundment Permit is required to fish in the dam.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b Sunwater Current Water Storage Information
^ "Kinchant Dam – dam wall in the Mackay Region (entry 49986)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
^ "Lake Kinchant – reservoir in Mackay Regional (entry 18171)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Kinchant Dam". Sunwater. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
^ Fishing in Queensland dams? You may need a permit. Archived 2007-08-29 at the Wayback Machine

Water supply in Queensland, Australia

Dams and reservoirs by region

South East Queensland	Atkinson Baroon Pocket Biggera Creek Bill Gunn Bromelton Cedar Grove Weir Lake Clarendon Enoggera Ewen Maddock Gold Creek Hinze Lake Manchester Leslie Harrison Little Nerang Maroon Moogerah Mount Crosby Weir North Pine Poona Sideling Creek Six Mile Creek Somerset Splityard Creek Wappa Wivenhoe Wyaralong
Darling Downs	Connolly Cooby Coolmunda Cressbrook Glenlyon Leslie Perseverance
South West Queensland	E.J. Beardmore Neil Turner Weir
Wide Bay–Burnett	Ben Anderson Barrage Bjelke-Petersen Boobir Boondooma Borumba Cania Cedar Pocket Cooloolabin Fred Haigh Gordonbrook Lake Gregory Lenthalls McCauley Weir Meandu Creek Paradise Placer Wuruma
Central Queensland	Lake Awoonga Burton Gorge Callide Fairbairn Fitzroy River Barrage Kroombit Middle Creek Number 7 Teemburra Theresa Creek
North Queensland	Bamboo Burdekin Falls Eungella Gattonvale Offstream Storage Kinchant Paluma Peter Faust Ross River Solomon Teviot Creek
Far North Queensland	Copperlode Falls Ibis Irvinebank Koombooloomba Return Creek Southedge Stannary Hills Lake Tinaroo Wild River
North West Queensland	Lake Belmore Corella East Leichhardt Lake Julius Kidston Lake Moondarra Rifle Creek
Historical	Nindooinbah Tallebudgera Creek

Water resource management by function

Companies and government agencies	Gold Coast Water Queensland Urban Utilities seqwater SunWater WaterSecure
Other sources / facilities	Bradfield Scheme Bundaberg Irrigation Scheme Gold Coast Desalination Plant Mount Crosby Pumping Station SEQ Water Grid Toowoomba Water Futures referendum, 2006 Western Corridor Recycled Water Scheme
Regulators	Department of Energy and Water Supply
Historical	Brisbane Water LinkWater Queensland Water Commission SEQ Water Grid Manager