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Maroon Dam
The Maroon Dam is a rock and earth-fill embankment dam with an un-gated spillway across the Burnett Creek that is located in the South East region of Queensland, Australia. The main purpose of the dam is for irrigation of the Scenic Rim Regional Council region.〔 The impounded reservoir is also called Maroon Dam.
==Location and features==
The dam is located southwest of Beaudesert. The primary inflow of the reservoir is Burnett Creek, a tributary of Logan River.〔
Construction of the dam commenced in 1969 and was completed in 1973. The rock and earthfill dam structure is high and long. The dam wall holds back the reservoir when at full capacity. The dam has a clearance of above full supply level for flood mitigation purposes. This allows for a full operating level at . From a catchment area of that lies within the Scenic Rim at the foot of the McPherson Range, the dam creates an unnamed reservoir, with a surface area of . The uncontrolled un-gated spillway has a discharge capacity of ,〔 and is situated above the original stream bed. Initially managed by the SunWater, management of the dam was transferred to Seqwater in July 2008.
The reservoir was officially opened on 16 July 1975 by Neville Hewitt, the Queensland Minister for Water Resources. The reservoir contains some areas of standing timber in its upper reaches. It is generally shallow with extensive weedbeds. Drought in February 2003 reduced water levels in the dam to 12%. It was at 18% capacity in November 2003.
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