{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2014}} {{Use Australian English|date=July 2014}} {{Infobox dam | name = Little Nerang Dam | name_official = | image = Queensland State Archives 6465 Little Nerang dam site June 1959.png | image_size = 250 | image_caption = Construction of dam, in 1959 | image_alt = | location_map = Queensland | location_map_size = | location_map_caption = Location of the dam in [[Queensland]] | mapframe = yes | coordinates = {{coord|28.143543|S|153.285445|E|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|format=dms}} | country = Australia | location = [[South East Queensland|South East]] [[Queensland]] | purpose = [[Potable water|Potable]] [[water supply]] | status = O | construction_began = | opening = {{start date|1962}} | demolished = | cost = | operator = [[Seqwater|SEQ Water]] | dam_type = G | dam_crosses = Little Nerang Creek | dam_height = {{cvt|44|m}} | dam_height_foundation = | dam_height_thalweg = | dam_length = {{cvt|201|m}} | dam_elevation_crest = | dam_width_crest = | dam_width_base = | dam_volume = {{cvt|68|e3m3}} | spillway_count = | spillway_type = [[Spillway#Type|Uncontrolled]] | spillway_capacity = {{cvt|570|m3/s}} | res_name = | res_capacity_total = {{cvt|6705|ML|acre.ft}} | res_capacity_active = | res_capacity_inactive = | res_catchment = {{cvt|35.2|km2}} | res_surface = {{cvt|49|ha|}} | res_max_length = | res_max_width = | res_max_depth = <!-- average: {{cvt|6|m}} --> | res_elevation = {{cvt|166|m}} {{AHD}} | website = {{URL|http://www.seqwater.com.au/water-supply/dam-operations/little-nerang-dam|seqwater.com.au}} }} The '''Little Nerang Dam''' is a [[concrete]] [[gravity dam]] across the Little Nerang Creek, located in the [[South East Queensland|South East]] region of [[Queensland]], Australia. The main purpose of the dam is for [[Potable water|potable]] [[water supply]] of the [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]] region.<ref name=ancold>{{cite web |title=Register of Large Dams Australia-2015 |date=January 2022 |access-date=2026-03-05 |url=https://ancold.org.au/information-resources/dams-information/ |work=[[ANCOLD]] |format=[[Microsoft Excel|Excel]]. Requires download. Row 299}}</ref><ref name="qlddams">{{cite book|title=Queensland Dams|last=Harrison|first=Rod |author2=James, Ernie|author3=Sully, Chris|author4=Classon, Bill|author5=Eckermann, Joy|year=2008 |publisher=Australian Fishing Network|location={{VICcity|Bayswater}}, [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]|isbn=978-1-86513-134-4}}</ref>
The impounded [[reservoir]] is also called Little Nerang Dam. The reservoir was closed to the public in 2013 due to safety concerns.<ref name=beauty>{{Cite web |url=http://www.seqwater.com.au/little-nerang-dams-hidden-beauty-revealed-0 |title=Little Nerang Dam's hidden beauty revealed |date=27 June 2016 |work=[[Seqwater|SEQ Water]] |access-date=21 March 2017}}{{dead-url|date=March 2026}}</ref>
==Location and features== The dam is located {{convert|9|km}} west of {{QLDcity|Tugun}} and {{convert|25|km}} driving distance from {{QLDcity|Mudgeeraba}}, and is located directly upstream from the [[Hinze Dam]]. Prior to the completion of the Hinze Dam, the Little Nerang Creek Gravity Scheme supplied the water requirements of the Gold Coast area. Water flows by [[Gravitation|gravity]] pipeline to the Mudgeeraba Water Treatment Plant. The plant, completed in 1969, has the capacity to [[Water purification|treat]] {{convert|110|ML|acre.ft|lk=on}} a day. The water then flows by gravity to the city's storage reservoirs.
Completed in 1962, the rock- and earth-fill structure is {{convert|44|m}} high and {{convert|201|m}} long. The {{convert|68|e3m3|adj=on}} dam wall holds back the {{convert|8390|ML|acre.ft|adj=on}} reservoir when at full capacity. From a [[drainage basin|catchment area]] of {{convert|35|km2}} that includes the [[Springbrook National Park|Springbrook Plateau]], the dam creates an unnamed reservoir with a surface area of {{convert|50|ha}}. The [[Spillway#Types|un-gated spillway]] has a discharge capacity of {{convert|570|m3/s}}.<ref name=ancold/>
Initially managed by [[Gold Coast Water]], management of the dam was transferred to [[Seqwater|SEQ Water]] in July 2008.<ref name=SEQ>{{cite web |url=https://www.seqwater.com.au/dams/little-nerang |title=Little Nerang Dam |work=[[Seqwater|SEQ Water]] |date=2026 |access-date=2026-03-18 }}</ref>
==Recreational== Recreation is not permitted at Little Nerang Dam. As of 2017, access to Little Nerang Dam and Little Nerang Dam Road was restricted to SEQ Water employees and residents of the road, with a large security gate that blocked access.<ref name=beauty/>
== Gallery == <gallery> Little Nerang Dam wall and spillway.jpg|The dam wall and spillway, 1964 Aerial view of Little Nerang Dam, Queensland.jpg|Aerial view of the dam, 1964 Spill way and dam wall Little Nerang Dam.jpg|Spillway and dam wall, 1964 Looking down on the picnic ground, carpark and the dam wall, spillway Little Nerang Dam.jpg|Looking down on the picnic ground, carpark and dam wall, 1964 </gallery>
==See also== {{stack|{{portal|Queensland|Water}}}} *[[List of dams and reservoirs in Australia#Queensland|List of dams in Queensland]] *[[Gold Coast Water]]
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== External links == *{{cite web |url=http://www.pictureaustralia.org/apps/pictureaustralia?action=PASearch&mode=subject&complete1=true&attribute1=subject&term1=Little+Nerang+Dam |title=Little Nerang Dam|work=Picture Australia |publisher=[[National Library of Australia]] }}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} *{{cite web |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/steelfinger/1385612022/ |title=Spillway photo |date=15 September 2007 |publisher=[[Flickr]] }}
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