MULTIMEDIA LIBRARY - APPLIED HYDRAULICS

Melton dam overflow stepped spillway (Melton VIC, Australia 1916). The Melton dam is an earthfill structure. Completed in 1916, the dam was heightened twice because of the rapid reservoir siltation. During the last refurbishment in 1994, an overflow stepped spillway was added: details of the dam overflow spillway (30 Jan. 2000).

© Hubert Chanson, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Queensland, Australia