- Upper Yarra Reservoir
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lake_name = Upper Yarra Reservoir
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frozen = The Upper Yarra Reservoir is located east ofMelbourne , past Warburton. Water from Upper Yarra Reservoir supplies towns in the upper Yarra Valley, andSilvan Reservoir , which transfers water to most parts of Melbourne.Upper Yarra Reservoir has a capacity of 200,000 megalitres (million litres) and was completed in 1957. In 1888, the Upper Yarra catchment was permanently reserved for water supply purposes. Approval to construct Upper Yarra Reservoir was granted in the early 1940s but due to
World War II work did not start until 1948. When the Upper Yarra Reservoir was completed, the total storage capacity of Melbourne's system was tripled to nearly 300,000 megalitres.Upper Yarra Reservoir is also supplied by water transferred from the
Thomson River Dam .As at January 2007, severe drought in south-eastern
Australia has resulted in low water levels in the reservoir, which onJanuary 5 2007 was approximately half full.
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