Ibis Dam

Ibis Dam
Ibis Dam
Official name	Ibis Dam
Country	Australia
Location	Irvinebank, Queensland
Purpose	Town Water Supply
Status	Undergoing Refurbishment
Opening date	1906
Demolition date	Dam is Operational
Owner(s)	Mareeba Shire Council
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Mass Concrete Gravity
Height	17.5m
Length	56m
Dam volume	225 ML
Spillways	1
Spillway type	Central Wall Over-Spill

Ibis Dam is a dam built in 1906 on Ibis Creek that serves as a water supply for the town of Irvinebank, Far North Queensland, Australia.^[1]^[2] It has a spillway height of 55 feet (17 m). Established by John Moffat, a mining entrepreneur,^[3] its construction was supervised by Tom Brodie, a Scottish stonemason.^[4] It is located about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) south of Irvinebank and has been providing water since its construction.

A structural investigation was initiated in 2010 on behalf of its owner, the State Government of Queensland by the Department of Environment and Resource Management. This investigation uncovered significant structural concerns with the dam after many long-held assumptions about its initial construction were found to be untrue. After 12 months of negotiations at State level, a proposal was submitted to Tablelands Regional Council to take on ownership of the dam subsequent to a State-funded upgrade. The State's alternative to this option was to decommission the dam. In January 2012 Tablelands Regional Council decided to take on ownership of the Dam and the State began preparations for its upgrade. As of December 2012 upgrade works are ongoing^[1]

References

1 2 Gleed, Simon (2005). "Revegetation Guidelines and Recommendations for Gibbs Creek, Irvinebank" (PDF). Mitchell River Watershed Management Group. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
↑ "Irvinebank Heritage Town - Tropical North Queensland, Australia - HISTORY AND HERITAGE". Loudoun House Museum. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
↑ "Stannary Hills to Boonmoo and Stannary Hills to Irvinebank Tramway formations (entry 602355)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
↑ O'Callaghan, Mike. "History of Irvinebank by Mike O' Callaghan". Retrieved 15 September 2010.

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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Ibis Dam

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