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Coordinates:37°15′14″S144°23′28″E / 37.254°S 144.391°E /-37.254; 144.391

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Reservoir in Victoria, Australia

Lauriston Reservoir
Lauriston Reservoir
Lauriston Reservoir
Location	Victoria, Australia
Coordinates	37°15′14″S144°23′28″E / 37.254°S 144.391°E /-37.254; 144.391
Type	Reservoir
Basin countries	Australia
Built	1938-1941^[1]

Max. length	5.8 km (3.6 mi)
Max. width	0.6 km (0.37 mi)

Islands	1islet

Lauriston Reservoir is areservoir inVictoria, Australia, with a maximum capacity of 19,800 megalitres. The dam that created it, located 9 km west ofKyneton^[2] along Lauriston Reservoir Road, was constructed from 1938^[3]^[4] to 1941^[5]^[6] and has aspillway that measures 77 metres.^[7] The site is a popular picnic ground as one can fish there (although not from the dam structure itself), and barbecue facilities are available. The reservoir is known to containredfin perch,rainbow andbrown trout,roach andcod.

The picnic and BBQ area near the dam wall at the end of Lauriston Reservoir Road are now free.^[8]

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^Macedon Ranges website, athttps://www.visitmacedonranges.com/tourism_listing/lauriston-reservoir/ .
^Lauriston Reservoir likely to overflow, 8 Sep 2010, ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
^"Too Hard for The Premier".The News. Vol. XXXI, no. 4, 798. Adelaide. 9 December 1938. p. 4. Retrieved5 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.,...the Premier (Mr.)Dunstan will turn the first sod at the inaugural ceremony at Lauriston Reservoir. near Kyneton, this afternoon...
^"MORE WATER FOR NORTHERN TOWNS: Lauriston Reservoir Approved".The Age. No. 25, 972. Victoria, Australia. 15 July 1938. p. 14. Retrieved5 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"LAURISTON DAM OPENED BY PREMIER".The Argus. No. 29, 696. Melbourne. 27 October 1941. p. 3. Retrieved5 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^Photograph:CONSTRUCTION OF LAURISTON RESERVOIR 1-10-1940, Public Record Office Victoria
^Rotork Australia in spillway upgrade at Lauriston Reservoir, 24/11/2006, Media release, Rotork
^Lauriston Reservoir – Central – Outside Melbourne

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v t e Waterways of the North–Central catchment,Victoria, Australia
Rivers	Avoca Avon (Grampians) Campaspe Coliban Little Coliban Little Murray Loddon Murray Richardson
Creeks	Andersons (North Grampians) Axe Back (Bendigo) Barkers Barr Beckworth Bendigo Bet Bet Birch’s Box Bradford Bullabul Bullock Burnt (Central Goldfields) Campbell (North Grampians) Campbells (Mt Alexander) Creswick Cherry Tree Cochranes Dog Trap Fentons Five Mile (Macedon Ranges) Forest Glenlogie Greenhill Gunbower Homebush Jews Harp Jim Crow Joyces Kangaroo (Hepburn) Kangaroo (Macedon Ranges) McCallum McIvor Middle (Pyrenees) Middle (Hepburn) Mosquito (Gunnawarra) Mount Pleasant Muckleford Myers Myrtle Number Two Pipers Pohlman Pyramid Rutherford Sailors Sandy (North Grampians) Serpentine Sheepwash (Bendigo) Spring (Loddon) St Arnaud Tullaroop Wallaloo
Lakes	Lake Bael Bael Lake Buloke Cairn Curran Reservoir Lake Eppalock Kow Swamp Laanecoorie Reservoir Lauriston Reservoir Malsmbury Reservoir Tullaroop Reservoir Upper Coliban Reservoir
Rivers of Victoria Lakes of Victoria North-Central catchment

v t e Water supply inVictoria, Australia
Greater Metropolitan Melbourne dams /reservoirs by capacity	Thomson1.123 million ML (247 billion imp gal; 297 billion US gal) Cardinia287,000 ML (63 billion imp gal; 76 billion US gal) Upper Yarra200,000 ML (44 billion imp gal; 53 billion US gal) Sugarloaf96,000 ML (21 billion imp gal; 25 billion US gal) Silvan40,000 ML (8.8 billion imp gal; 11 billion US gal) Tarago37,500 ML (8.2 billion imp gal; 9.9 billion US gal) Yan Yean30,000 ML (6.6 billion imp gal; 7.9 billion US gal) Greenvale27,000 ML (5.9 billion imp gal; 7.1 billion US gal) Maroondah22,000 ML (4.8 billion imp gal; 5.8 billion US gal) O'Shannassy3,000 ML (660 million imp gal; 790 million US gal) Anakie Melton Toorourrong
Regional dams / reservoirs	Allen Blue Rock Bostock Dartmouth Eildon Eppalock Glenmaggie Korweinguboora Laanecoorie Lauriston Malsmbury Marengo Moondara Painkalac Rocklands Stony Creek Upper Coliban Waranga Dam West Barwon West Gellibrand and Olangolah Reservoirs and No.4 & No.5 Basins Wurdee Boluc Boga Cairn Curran Catani Guthridge Mokoan Mulwala Nagambie Narracan William Hovell
Other water sources / facilities	Altona Treatment Plant Eastern Treatment Plant Western Treatment Plant Victorian Desalination Plant
Water companies and government agencies	Barwon Water Central Highlands Water Coliban Water East Gippsland Water Goulburn–Murray Water Goulburn Valley Water Greater Western Water Melbourne Water South East Water (Australia) Southern Rural Water Yarra Valley Water Catchment Management Authority (Victoria) Corangamite CMA East Gippsland CMA Glenelg Hopkins CMA Mallee CMA Port Phillip and Westernport CMA West Gippsland CMA Minister for Water (Victoria)
Historical	William Davidson William Thwaites Bittern Devilbend Terang City West Water

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