Lake in Victoria, Australia
Greenvale Reservoir is an off-stream water storage
dam in northern
Melbourne ,
Victoria ,
Australia . It has a capacity of 27,000 ML (950 million cu ft). The dam was opened 18 April 1973 and is now managed by
Melbourne Water .
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It is situated in the upper
Yuroke Creek catchment, the major tributary of the
Moonee Ponds Creek . It is in the north of the suburb of
Greenvale and to the west of
Roxburgh Park .
The Greenvale Reservoir Park contains picnic tables, a playground and barbecues, and is managed by
Parks Victoria . It lies to the south and west of the dam. As of late 2023, due to significant dam wall upgrade works, the southern section of the park is indefinitely closed with no current scheduled reopen date. The northern section is open to pedestrian traffic 24 hours per day.
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Greenvale Reservoir in February 2017
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Waterways of the Melbourne Water catchment,
Victoria , Australia
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Thomson 1.123 million ML (247 billion imp gal; 297 billion US gal)
Cardinia 287,000 ML (63 billion imp gal; 76 billion US gal)
Upper Yarra 200,000 ML (44 billion imp gal; 53 billion US gal)
Sugarloaf 96,000 ML (21 billion imp gal; 25 billion US gal)
Silvan 40,000 ML (8.8 billion imp gal; 11 billion US gal)
Tarago 37,500 ML (8.2 billion imp gal; 9.9 billion US gal)
Yan Yean 30,000 ML (6.6 billion imp gal; 7.9 billion US gal)
Greenvale 27,000 ML (5.9 billion imp gal; 7.1 billion US gal)
Maroondah 22,000 ML (4.8 billion imp gal; 5.8 billion US gal)
O'Shannassy 3,000 ML (660 million imp gal; 790 million US gal)
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