Poona Dam

The Poona Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam with a toe drain with an un-gated spillway across a tributary of the South Maroochy River that is located in the South East region of Queensland, Australia. The main purpose of the dam is for storage of potable water for the Sunshine Coast region. The impounded reservoir is also called Poona Dam.Location and featuresThe dam is located north-west of.The earthen dam structure is long and holds back the 655ML reservoir when at full capacity. From a catchment area of, the reservoir has a surface area of 17ha and a maximum width of 410m. Initially managed by the Maroochy Shire Council, management of the dam was transferred to SEQ Water in July 2008 as part of a water security project in the South East Queensland region, known as the South East Queensland Water Grid.RecreationRecreation is not permitted on the dam and in its surrounds.In 2008, the body of a deceased man was found on the eastern spillway of the dam wall.