Isis Balancing Storage

Isis Balancing Storage
Isis Balancing Storage
Location of the dam in Queensland
Interactive map of Isis Balancing Storage
CountryAustralia
Location24 km (15 mi) north of Childers, Wide Bay-Burnett, Queensland
Coordinates25°01′57″S 152°14′06″E / 25.0326°S 152.235°E / -25.0326; 152.235
PurposeIrrigation
StatusOperational
Opening date1986
OperatorSunWater
Dam and spillways
Type of damEarth fill dam
ImpoundsTributary of the Elliott River
Height (foundation)14.2 m (47 ft)
Length721 m (2,365 ft)
Elevation at crest64.2 m (211 ft) AHD
Width (crest)6 m (20 ft)
Spillway typeUncontrolled
Spillway capacity453 m3/s (16,000 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
CreatesLake Gregory
Total capacity6,440 ML (5,220 acre⋅ft)
Active capacity6,160 ML (4,990 acre⋅ft)
Catchment area12.8 km2 (4.9 sq mi)
Surface area167 ha (410 acres)
Maximum water depth3.1 m (10 ft)
Normal elevation64 m (210 ft) AHD

The Isis Balancing Storage is a small earth-filled embankment dam across an unnamed tributary of the Elliott River, located between Bundaberg and Childers in the Wide Bay-Burnett region of Queensland, Australia. Completed in 1986, the impoundment created Lake Gregory, also known as The Duckpond, that was built to provide irrigation water to farmers on the Isis channel system.