Lake Belmore

Lake Belmore
Location	3 km (1.9 mi) northeast of Croydon, Queensland
Coordinates	18°10′47″S 142°15′43″E / 18.1798°S 142.262°E / -18.1798; 142.262Coordinates: 18°10′47″S 142°15′43″E / 18.1798°S 142.262°E / -18.1798; 142.262
Lake type	reservoir
Basin countries	Australia

Surface area	118 ha (290 acres)
Average depth	4.9 m (16 ft)
Water volume	5,800 megalitres (200×10^⁶ cu ft)

Lake Belmore was built in 1995 to supply town water to Croydon in Queensland, Australia.^[1] The waters behind the dam are stocked with barramundi and redclaw crayfish.^[2]

References

↑ "Water". Croydon Shire Council. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
↑ Eussen, Dick (2007). Australia's Savannah Way: Cairns to Broome. Australian Fishing Network. p. 25. ISBN 1865131113. Retrieved 6 March 2016.

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 Wivenho 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 Eungella Gattonvale Offstream Storage Kinchant Paluma Peter Faust Ross River Solomon Teviot Creek

Far North Queensland	Copperlode 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

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Lake Belmore

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