Jounama Dam
| Jounama Dam | |
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Jounama Dam looking towards Talbingo, 2012. | |
Location of Jounama Dam in New South Wales | |
| Country | Australia |
| Location | Snowy Mountains, New South Wales |
| Coordinates | 35°33′46″S 148°18′22″E / 35.56278°S 148.30611°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Opening date | 1968 |
| Owner(s) | Snowy Hydro |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Type of dam | Embankment dam |
| Impounds | Tumut River |
| Height | 43.9 m (144 ft) |
| Length | 518.2 m (1,700 ft) |
| Dam volume | 554,500 m3 (19,580,000 cu ft) |
| Spillways | 1 |
| Spillway capacity | 3,965 m3/s (140,000 cu ft/s) |
| Reservoir | |
| Creates | Jounama Pondage |
| Total capacity | 43,542,000 m3 (35,300 acre⋅ft) |
| Catchment area | 1,355 km2 (523 sq mi) |
| Surface area | 3,804 ha (9,400 acres) |
| Power Station | |
| Operator(s) | Snowy Hydro |
| Commission date | 2010 |
| Type | Small |
| Installed capacity | 14.4 MW (19,300 hp) |
Jounama Dam is a major ungated rockfill embankment dam across the Tumut River in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. The dam's main purpose is for the generation of hydro-power and is one of the sixteen major dams that comprise the Snowy Mountains Scheme, a vast hydroelectricity and irrigation complex constructed in south-east Australia between 1949 and 1974 and now run by Snowy Hydro.
The impounded reservoir is called the Jounama Pondage.