Wave Rock Dam - Hyden, Western Australia, Australia
S 32° 26.630 E 118° 53.768
50H E 678245 N 6408784
An interesting town water supply dam at a popular tourist attraction.
Waymark Code: WMGA0Z
Location: Western Australia, Australia
Date Posted: 02/04/2013
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The Hyden Water Supply Dam and Catchment utilizes low rock walls around most of Hyden Rock to capture and divert rainwater into the dam.
Hyden Rock is better known to most Australians and visitors as Wave Rock, named for the water eroded rock face which resembles an ocean wave.
The dam was contructed in 1928 with a capacity of 3,380 cubic metres, and was extended in 1951 to a capacity of 29,810 cubic metres. The total catchment area on Hyden Rock is 29.3 Hectares. In 2000 Hyden was connected to the Western Australian Water Corporation's Comprehensive Water Supply Scheme, but the water from the dam is still highly valued particularly during times of water restrictions.