The escape of water from the Cotter storage basin

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

On May 3rd, and again on June 1st, the author visited the Cotter dam to investigate a reported loss of water from the fault on the northern side of the wall. This report gives an account of these visits, together with the author's observations and conclusions in relation to the reported water loss.

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Title The escape of water from the Cotter storage basin
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/6ab2a39b-3d5d-4e84-b4e9-9fb8b5bafe5f
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Geoscience Australia Data
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Reference Period 20/04/2018
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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    [
      [
        148.8,
        -35.4
      ],
      [
        149.0,
        -35.4
      ],
      [
        149.0,
        -35.2
      ],
      [
        148.8,
        -35.2
      ],
      [
        148.8,
        -35.4
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "The escape of water from the Cotter storage basin". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/the-escape-of-water-from-the-cotter-storage-basin