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Peter Faust Dam

Reservoir west of Proserpine, Queensland

20°22′02″S 148°22′41″E / 20.3673°S 148.378°E / -20.3673; 148.378TypereservoirBasin countriesAustraliaSurface area4,325 ha (10,690 acres)Max. depth39.6 m (130 ft)Water volume491,400 ML (398,400 acre⋅ft)^[1]Surface elevation85.6 m (281 ft)References^[1]

Lake Proserpine, which is also known as Peter Faust Dam is situated 26 kilometres inland from Proserpine, in North Queensland, Australia. Free 72hr camping is now available from October 4, 2019.^[2]

History

Thiess was the contractor company chosen to construct the dam over the Proserpine River. Construction of the Peter Faust Dam began in May 1989 and was completed hastily in December 1990, four and a half months ahead of schedule, in time for a massive downpour which filled the dam.^[3] The dam reached a level of 98.8% in March 1991, and finally overflowed for the first time in December 2010. It reached its highest level of 1.48m above the spillway in March 2011. The dam overflowed again in March 2012, and March 2013. The dam reached its lowest level of 10.7% in 2007.^[4]^[5]

Fishing

A Stocked Impoundment Permit is required to fish in the dam.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "SunWater: Storage Levels". www.sunwater.com.au. Archived from the original on 28 May 2010. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
^ "Whitsunday Regional Council". www.whitsunday.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
^ "Peter Faust Dam". Archived from the original on 4 July 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
^ "Northern Queensland dam spills after heavy rain". ABC News. 2 January 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
^ "Dam hits records as Peter turns 80". The Courier-Mail. 23 December 2010.
^ Fishing in Queensland dams? You may need a permit. Archived 29 August 2007 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