Keepit Dam

Keepit Dam
Vista of Lake Keepit at 100% capacity, 2012.
Location of Keepit Dam in New South Wales
Country	Australia
Location	North West Slopes, New South Wales
Coordinates	30°52′54″S 150°30′04″E / 30.88167°S 150.50111°E / -30.88167; 150.50111
Purpose	Flood mitigation, hydro-power, irrigation, water supply and conservation
Status	Operational
Construction began	1939 (1939)
Opening date	1960 (1960)
Owner(s)	WaterNSW
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Gravity dam
Impounds	Namoi River
Height	55 metres (180 ft)
Length	533 metres (1,749 ft)
Spillways	7
Spillway type	Central gated overflow crest and six radial gates
Spillway capacity	10,480 cubic metres per second (370,000 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
Creates	Lake Keepit
Total capacity	425,510 megalitres (15,027×10^6 cu ft)
Catchment area	5,700 square kilometres (2,200 sq mi)
Surface area	4,370 hectares (10,800 acres)
Maximum water depth	48 metres (157 ft)
Normal elevation	329.6 metres (1,081 ft) AHD
Power Station
Operator(s)	Eraring Energy
Commission date	1960
Type	Conventional
Turbines	1
Installed capacity	7.2 megawatts (9,700 hp)
Annual generation	10.2 gigawatt-hours (37 TJ)
Website Keepit Dam at www.waternsw.com.au

Keepit Dam is a major gated mass concrete gravity dam with an earth fill abutment and a central gated concrete overflow crest and six radial gate spillways across the Namoi River upstream of its junction with the Peel River in the North West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia. The dam's purpose includes flood mitigation, hydro-power, irrigation, water supply and conservation. The impounded reservoir is called Lake Keepit.