Sideling Creek Dam

The Sideling Creek Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam with an un-gated spillway across the Sideling Creek that is located in the South East region of Queensland, Australia. The main purposes of the dam are for potable water supply of the Moreton Bay region and for recreation. The impounded reservoir is called Lake Kurwongbah.Location and featuresThe dam is located east of North Pine Dam and northwest of Petrie. The primary inflow is Sideling Creek, a tributary of the North Pine River. To the east of the dam is the Lakeside Park motor racing circuit.Completed in 1958, the earthfill dam structure is high and long. The 280e3m3 dam wall holds back the 14500ML reservoir when at full capacity. From a catchment area of that includes the localities of Petrie, Kallangur and Dakabin, the dam creates Lake Kurwongbah, with a surface area of. The uncontrolled un-gated spillway has a discharge capacity of. The dam is now managed by Seqwater.