Tallowa Dam
The centrepiece of the Shoalhaven scheme is Tallowa Dam, a concrete dam completed in 1976. It is located immediately downstream of the junction of the Kangaroo and Shoalhaven rivers.
The dam collects water from a 5,750 square kilometre catchment that extends from Kangaroo Valley in the north-east to the upper Shoalhaven River south-west of Braidwood. This water is stored in Lake Yarrunga, which is formed by Tallowa Dam.
- Height: 43 metres
- Length: 518 metres
- Capacity: 90,000 megalitres
- Catchment: 5,750 square kilometres
- Lake Yarrunga: 9.3 square kilometres
