Project Owner: ACTEW Corporation Ltd
Project Value: n/a
Project Status: In Progress
Location: ACT, Australia

Associated Projects:
   - ACT Water Security Program - ACTEW Bulk Water Alliance

This project involves building an enlarged dam wall downstream of the existing one to increase the Cotter Dam's capacity from the current 4 gigalitres (GL) to around 78 GL; a 20 fold increase. One of the main advantages of the Enlarged Cotter Dam is that its environmental impact will be minimised. This is because it will be constructed in an already impacted area by the existing reservoir, land that was badly impacted by the 2003 fires and previous forestry plantations.