# Lauriston Dam

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Dam in Victoria, Australia

Dam in Kyneton, Central Victoria

Lauriston Dam The reservoir in 2014 Interactive map of Lauriston Dam Country Australia Location Kyneton, Central Victoria Coordinates 37°15′12″S 144°22′48″E / 37.253449°S 144.380018°E / -37.253449; 144.380018 Purpose Water supply Status Operational Construction began 1938 Opening date 1941 Owner Coliban Water Dam and spillways Type of dam Buttress dam Rock-filled dam Impounds Coliban River Height (foundation) 33 m (108 ft) Length 244 m (801 ft) Dam volume 42×10^3 m3 (1.5×10^6 cu ft) Spillways 1 Spillway type Controlled Spillway length 77 m (253 ft) Spillway capacity 1,295 m3/s (45,700 cu ft/s) Reservoir Creates Lauriston Reservoir Total capacity 20 GL (16,000 acre⋅ft) Catchment area 190 km2 (73 sq mi) Surface area 208 ha (510 acres) Maximum length 5.8 km (3.6 mi) Maximum width 0.6 km (0.37 mi) Website coliban.com.au [1][2]

The **Lauriston Dam** is a concrete [buttress dam](/source/Buttress_dam) with rock-filled [embankment](/source/Embankment_dam) across the [Coliban River](/source/Coliban_River), located 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) west of [Kyneton](/source/Kyneton%2C_Victoria), in [Central](/source/Central_Victoria) [Victoria](/source/Victoria_(Australia)), Australia. Completed in 1941, the resultant [reservoir](/source/Reservoir), **Lauriston Reservoir**, was created for the purpose of the [supply](/source/Water_supply) of [potable water](/source/Potable_water).

The dam and reservoir are owned by [Coliban Water](/source/Coliban_Water).

## Dam and reservoir overview

### Dam

Constructed between 1938 and 1941,[3][4][5][6] the concrete-faced [rock-fill dam](/source/Rock-filled_dam) wall is 33 metres (108 ft) high and 244 metres (801 ft) long. When full, the resultant reservoir has a storage capacity of 20 [gigalitres](/source/Gigalitre) (16,000 [acre⋅ft](/source/Acre-foot)) and covers 208 hectares (510 acres), drawn from a [catchment area](/source/Drainage_basin) of 190 square kilometres (73 sq mi). The 77-metre-long (253 ft)[7] [controlled spillway](/source/Spillway#Types) has a discharge capacity of 1,295 cubic metres per second (45,700 cu ft/s). In 1949, the dam wall was raised and the secondary embankment was completed that is 7 metres (23 ft) high and 197 metres (646 ft) long, and includes both rock and earth-fill abutment sections.[1][8]

### Reservoir

The reservoir is a popular picnic ground for fishing and is stocked with [redfin perch](/source/Redfin_perch), [rainbow](/source/Rainbow_trout) and [brown trout](/source/Brown_trout), [roach](/source/Common_Roach) and [cod](/source/Cod). A picnic and BBQ area is located near the dam wall at the end of Lauriston Reservoir Road.[9]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ANCOLD_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ANCOLD_1-1) ["Register of Large Dams Australia-2015"](https://ancold.org.au/information-resources/dams-information/) ([Excel](/source/Microsoft_Excel). Requires download. Row 285). *[ANCOLD](/source/ANCOLD)*. January 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Lauriston Reservoir"](https://www.visitmacedonranges.com/tourism_listing/lauriston-reservoir/). *Macedon Ranges*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Too Hard for The Premier"](https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131913267). *[The News](/source/The_News_(Adelaide))*. Vol. XXXI, no. 4, 798. Adelaide. 9 December 1938. p. 4. Retrieved 5 March 2017 – via Trove. [National Library of Australia](/source/National_Library_of_Australia). ...the Premier (Mr.)Dunstan will turn the first sod at the inaugural ceremony at Lauriston Reservoir. near Kyneton, this afternoon…

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["MORE WATER FOR NORTHERN TOWNS: Lauriston Reservoir Approved"](https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205141307). *[The Age](/source/The_Age)*. No. 25, 972. Victoria, Australia. 15 July 1938. p. 14. Retrieved 5 March 2017 – via Trove. [National Library of Australia](/source/National_Library_of_Australia).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["LAURISTON DAM OPENED BY PREMIER"](https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8213004). *[The Argus](/source/The_Argus_(Melbourne))*. No. 29, 696. Melbourne. 27 October 1941. p. 3. Retrieved 5 March 2017 – via Trove. [National Library of Australia](/source/National_Library_of_Australia).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [*Construction of Lauriston Reservoir 1-10-1940*](http://wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS_12903_P1_Box_340/13) (Photograph). *Public Record Office Victoria*. 1 October 1940.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Rotork Australia in spillway upgrade at Lauriston Reservoir"](http://www.rotork.com/en/media/view-article/newsID/136/) (Press release). Rotork. 24 November 2006.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Lauriston Reservoir likely to overflow"](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-09-08/lauriston-reservoir-likely-to-overflow/2253146). *[ABC News](/source/ABC_News_(Australia))*. Australia. 8 September 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Lauriston Reservoir"](https://www.melbourneplaygrounds.com.au/melbourneplaygrounds-info.php?id=31531). *MelbournePLaygrounds.com.au*.

## External links

- ["Water Resources: Lauriston"](https://www.coliban.com.au/site/root/water_security/reservoirs.html). *[Coliban Water](/source/Coliban_Water)*.

- ["Lauriston Reservoir (Storage Capacity (ML): 19790 ML)"](http://www.depi.vic.gov.au/water/water-in-your-region/water-storages). *DEPI - Water storages*.

v t e Waterways of the North–Central catchment, Victoria, Australia Rivers Avoca Avon (Grampians) Campaspe Coliban Little Coliban Little Murray Loddon Murray Richardson Creeks Andersons (North Grampians) Axe Back (Bendigo) Barkers Barr Beckworth Bendigo Bet Bet Birch’s Box Bradford Bullabul Bullock Burnt (Central Goldfields) Campbell (North Grampians) Campbells (Mt Alexander) Creswick Cherry Tree Cochranes Dog Trap Fentons Five Mile (Macedon Ranges) Forest Glenlogie Greenhill Gunbower Homebush Jews Harp Jim Crow Joyces Kangaroo (Hepburn) Kangaroo (Macedon Ranges) McCallum McIvor Middle (Pyrenees) Middle (Hepburn) Mosquito (Gunnawarra) Mount Pleasant Muckleford Myers Myrtle Number Two Pipers Pohlman Pyramid Rutherford Sailors Sandy (North Grampians) Serpentine Sheepwash (Bendigo) Spring (Loddon) St Arnaud Tullaroop Wallaloo Lakes (natural) Lake Bael Bael Lake Buloke Kow Swamp Reservoirs Cairn Curran Eppalock Laanecoorie Lauriston Malsmbury Tullaroop Upper Coliban Other Garfield water wheel Rivers of Victoria Lakes of Victoria Reservoirs in Victoria North-Central catchment

v t e Water supply in Victoria, Australia Greater Metropolitan Melbourne dams and reservoirs Anakie Cardinia Greenvale Maroondah Melton O'Shannassy Silvan Sugarloaf Tarago Thomson Toorourrong Upper Yarra Yan Yean Regional dams and reservoirs Allen Boga Blue Rock Bostock Cairn Curran Candowie Catani Dartmouth Eildon Eppalock Glenmaggie Goulburn/Nagambie Guthridge Korweinguboora Laanecoorie Lauriston Malsmbury Marengo Mokoan Moondara Mulwala Narracan Painkalac Rocklands Stony Creek Upper Coliban Waranga West Barwon West Gellibrand and Olangolah Reservoirs and No.4 & No.5 Basins William Hovell Wurdee Boluc Other water sources / facilities Altona Treatment Plant Eastern Treatment Plant Western Treatment Plant Victorian Desalination Plant Water companies and catchment management authorities Barwon Water Central Highlands Water Coliban Water East Gippsland Water Goulburn–Murray Water Goulburn Valley Water Greater Western Water Melbourne Water South East Water (Australia) Southern Rural Water Yarra Valley Water Catchment Management Authority (Vic) Corangamite CMA East Gippsland CMA Glenelg Hopkins CMA Mallee CMA Port Phillip and Westernport CMA West Gippsland CMA Historical William Davidson William Thwaites Bittern Devilbend Dights Falls Terang City West Water

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