Chaffey Dam
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Chaffey Dam is a minor ungated rock fill with clay core embankment dam with an uncontrolled morning glory spillway across the Peel River, located upstream of the city of Tamworth, in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia. The dam's purpose includes flood mitigation, irrigation, water supply, and water conservation. ()
Opened: September 1979 (45 years ago)Length: 1411 ftHeight: 183 ftReservoir area: 2.09 mi²Reservoir depth: 98 ftCoordinates: 31°20'45"S, 151°8'20"E
New South Wales