Hope Valley Reservoir

The Hope Valley Reservoir is a 2.84-gigalitre (620-million-imperial- or 750-million-US-gallon) service reservoir in Hope Valley, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.When completed in 1873 it was the second reservoir constructed in Adelaide; it is the oldest still in use in South Australia. It covers 52ha and is retained behind a 950m long clay-cored earth wall. Water is transferred from the River Torrens via a tunnel and aqueduct. The river is also used to transfer water from the Kangaroo Creek and Millbrook reservoirs.