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King River Power Development, Australia
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Positive sustainability aspect
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Water quality
The King River Power Development (KRPD) is located in a catchment with significant contamination problems arising from mining lease run-offs, including heavy metals and acid drainage. Intensive studies and mitigation works have protected both the downstream biota including the aquaculture industry in Macquarie Harbour as well as the recreational fishery in the storage. |
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| Overview
The King River Power Development is located in the rugged south west of Tasmania. The site was proposed and widely accepted by the community as an alternative to a more controversial site (the ‘Lower Gordon’ scheme) that would have flooded parts of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. The Lower Gordon scheme was dramatically halted by Commonwealth Government intervention.
The King River scheme is situated in a catchment that contains numerous mine leases both working and expired and is close to the World Heritage Area.
Construction commenced in 1983 and the scheme was commissioned in 1993. Both before construction commenced and since, studies have been carried out to determine water quality, the effect of power station operations, appropriate mitigation measures and the level of impacts on the downstream environment. |
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Scheme Specifications
Dam Name
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Scheme operator
Hydro Tasmania |
Size of scheme (MW)
134 MW |
Country
Tasmania, Australia |
Catchment area
559 km2 |
River
King River |
Effective reservoir capacity
971 000 000 m3 |
Construction years
1983-93 |
Reservoir size
53 km3 |
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External recognition
2001 awarded IHA Blue Planet Prize
1994 Highly Commended Award (for King River Power Development) - Resource Development Category, National Engineering Excellence Awards, The Institution of Engineers, Australia
1993 Winner (for King River Power Development) – Resource Development Category, Tasmanian Division Engineering Excellence Awards, The Institution of Engineers, Australia
1993 Highly Commended (for Bradshaw Bridge) – Public Works Category, Tasmanian Division Engineering Excellence Awards, The Institution of Engineers, Australia
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