Address & Contact
736 Reservoir Road
Myponga SA 5202
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The
Myponga Reservoir Lookout provides sweeping
views of the reservoir and surrounding pine forest. Construction of the reservoir began in 1957 and it was completed in 1962. The concrete arch
dam wall is 49 metres high and 226 long. The reservoir is 35 metres deep and holds 26,800 megalitres or 27 GL. When full the water spread covers 280 hectares.
The reservoir supplies water to the southern metropolitan area and the south coast. Unlike other reservoirs Myponga does not receive any water from the River Murray but instead operates from water collected in the natural catchment. Below the reservoir the Myponga River makes its way through the valleys flowing into Gulf St Vincent at Myponga Beach. The
Myponga Reservoir Treatment Plant was built in 1993 and currently serves approximately 50,000 people across an area that extends from McLaren Vale to
Victor Harbor.
Dogs are permitted on a leash. Contact the Yankalilla
Visitor Information Centre for more details.