Lake Tuggeranong is a reservoir formed by the Tuggeranong Dam, an earth-fill embankment dam across the Tuggeranong Creek, in the Tuggeranong district of Canberra, within the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. The artificial lake is situated adjacent to the Tuggeranong Town Centre, and is bounded by the suburbs of in the south-east and Kambah in the north-west.
Overview Lake Tuggeranong was created by the construction of a dam in 1987 coinciding with urban development in the district.New dam under construction in ACT Leighton Newsletter June 1987 page 6 In addition to Tuggeranong Creek, the reservoir is sourced by stormwater discharge from urban and rural areas and was built as a sediment trap for soil and debris, and to improve the quality of the water flowing into the Murrumbidgee River.
Completed in 1988 by Leighton Contrcators, the earth-filled dam wall is high and long.Canberra dam nearly ready for water storage Leighton Newsletter June 1988 page 7 The impounded reservoir, Lake Tuggeranong, has a maximum capacity of when full and covers an area of . The uncontrolled spillway has the flow capacity of . The Isabella Pond is located upstream of the dam wall.
The water quality of Lake Tuggeranong is monitored by health and environmental agencies, and is subject to health hazards such as toxic blue-green algal blooms or high faecal bacteria counts, given the urban and rural runoff of the lake source.
The lake is a popular recreational site. The foreshore of the lake is parkland, with swimming, fishing, wind-surfing and non-motorised boating all possible activities on the lake. A bicycle path surrounds the lake, running for .
See also
List of dams and reservoirs in the Australian Capital Territory Stranger Pond
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