# Little Nerang Dam > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Little_Nerang_Dam > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Little_Nerang_Dam.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Nerang_Dam > Source revision: 1344719017 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Dam in South East Queensland Little Nerang Dam Construction of dam, in 1959 Interactive map of Little Nerang Dam Country Australia Location South East Queensland Coordinates 28°08′37″S 153°17′08″E / 28.143543°S 153.285445°E / -28.143543; 153.285445 Purpose Potable water supply Status Operational Opening date 1962 (1962) Operator SEQ Water Dam and spillways Type of dam Gravity dam Impounds Little Nerang Creek Height 44 m (144 ft) Length 201 m (659 ft) Dam volume 68×10^3 m3 (2.4×10^6 cu ft) Spillway type Uncontrolled Spillway capacity 570 m3/s (20,000 cu ft/s) Reservoir Total capacity 6,705 ML (5,436 acre⋅ft) Catchment area 35.2 km2 (13.6 sq mi) Surface area 49 ha (120 acres) Normal elevation 166 m (545 ft) AHD Website seqwater.com.au The **Little Nerang Dam** is a [concrete](/source/Concrete) [gravity dam](/source/Gravity_dam) across the Little Nerang Creek, located in the [South East](/source/South_East_Queensland) region of [Queensland](/source/Queensland), Australia. The main purpose of the dam is for [potable](/source/Potable_water) [water supply](/source/Water_supply) of the [Gold Coast](/source/Gold_Coast%2C_Queensland) region.[1][2] The impounded [reservoir](/source/Reservoir) is also called Little Nerang Dam. The reservoir was closed to the public in 2013 due to safety concerns.[3] ## Location and features The dam is located 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) west of [Tugun](/source/Tugun%2C_Queensland) and 25 kilometres (16 mi) driving distance from [Mudgeeraba](/source/Mudgeeraba%2C_Queensland), and is located directly upstream from the [Hinze Dam](/source/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 [gravity](/source/Gravitation) pipeline to the Mudgeeraba Water Treatment Plant. The plant, completed in 1969, has the capacity to [treat](/source/Water_purification) 110 [megalitres](/source/Megalitre) (89 [acre⋅ft](/source/Acre-foot)) a day. The water then flows by gravity to the city's storage reservoirs. Completed in 1962, the rock- and earth-fill structure is 44 metres (144 ft) high and 201 metres (659 ft) long. The 68-thousand-cubic-metre (2.4×10^6 cu ft) dam wall holds back the 8,390-megalitre (6,800 acre⋅ft) reservoir when at full capacity. From a [catchment area](/source/Drainage_basin) of 35 square kilometres (14 sq mi) that includes the [Springbrook Plateau](/source/Springbrook_National_Park), the dam creates an unnamed reservoir with a surface area of 50 hectares (120 acres). The [un-gated spillway](/source/Spillway#Types) has a discharge capacity of 570 cubic metres per second (20,000 cu ft/s).[1] Initially managed by [Gold Coast Water](/source/Gold_Coast_Water), management of the dam was transferred to [SEQ Water](/source/Seqwater) in July 2008.[4] ## 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.[3] ## Gallery - The dam wall and spillway, 1964 - Aerial view of the dam, 1964 - Spillway and dam wall, 1964 - Looking down on the picnic ground, carpark and dam wall, 1964 ## See also - [Queensland portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Queensland) - [Water portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Water) - [List of dams in Queensland](/source/List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Australia#Queensland) - [Gold Coast Water](/source/Gold_Coast_Water) ## 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 299). *[ANCOLD](/source/ANCOLD)*. January 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2026. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-qlddams_2-0)** Harrison, Rod; James, Ernie; Sully, Chris; Classon, Bill; Eckermann, Joy (2008). *Queensland Dams*. [Bayswater](/source/Bayswater%2C_Victoria), [Victoria](/source/Victoria_(Australia)): Australian Fishing Network. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-86513-134-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-86513-134-4). 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-beauty_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-beauty_3-1) ["Little Nerang Dam's hidden beauty revealed"](http://www.seqwater.com.au/little-nerang-dams-hidden-beauty-revealed-0). *[SEQ Water](/source/Seqwater)*. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2017.[*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*] 1. **[^](#cite_ref-SEQ_4-0)** ["Little Nerang Dam"](https://www.seqwater.com.au/dams/little-nerang). *[SEQ Water](/source/Seqwater)*. 2026. Retrieved 18 March 2026. ## External links - ["Little Nerang Dam"](http://www.pictureaustralia.org/apps/pictureaustralia?action=PASearch&mode=subject&complete1=true&attribute1=subject&term1=Little+Nerang+Dam). *Picture Australia*. [National Library of Australia](/source/National_Library_of_Australia).[*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*] - ["Spillway photo"](https://www.flickr.com/photos/steelfinger/1385612022/). [Flickr](/source/Flickr). 15 September 2007. v t e 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 Storm King South West Queensland E.J. Beardmore Neil Turner Weir Wide Bay–Burnett Auburn River (proposed) Ben Anderson Barrage Bjelke-Petersen Boobir Boondooma Borumba Cania Cedar Pocket Cooloolabin Fred Haigh Gordonbrook Lake Gregory Lenthalls McCauley Weir Meandu Creek Paradise Perry River (Placer) Reedy Creek Wuruma Central Queensland Awoonga Burton Gorge Callide Fairbairn Fitzroy River Barrage Kroombit Middle Creek Number 7 Theresa Creek Mackay Region Eungella Kinchant Teemburra Urannah (proposed) North Queensland Bamboo Burdekin Falls Gattonvale Offstream Storage Paluma Peter Faust Ross River Solomon Teviot Creek Far North Queensland Copperlode Falls Ibis Irvinebank Koombooloomba Return Creek Southedge Lake Tinaroo Wild River North West Queensland Belmore Creek Corella East Leichhardt 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 & Water Supply Historical Brisbane Water LinkWater Queensland Water Commission SEQ Water Grid Manager Dams category Water management category Commons --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Little Nerang Dam](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Nerang_Dam) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Nerang_Dam?action=history)). 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