Barnard River Scheme
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The Barnard River Scheme is an inter-basin water transfer system in New South Wales
, which can transfer water from the Barnard River in the upper Manning River
catchment over the Mount Royal Range
into the Hunter River
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The scheme was constructed between 1983 and 1985, to provide drought relief water for Bayswater Power Station which was being constructed at the same time.
The scheme consists of:
According to the NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change website The Barnard Scheme has been rarely used in recent years and is partly decommissioned as of 2006.
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, which can transfer water from the Barnard River in the upper Manning River
Manning River
The Manning River is a river in the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia that flows through the Manning Valley. It is one of Australia's few large river systems not to be dammed for water supply purposes anywhere along its catchment...
catchment over the Mount Royal Range
Mount Royal Range
The Mount Royal Range is a mountain range in New South Wales, Australia. Prominent peaks in the range include Mount Polblue , Brumlow Tops , Gulph Mountain, Gog and Magog, The Pinnacle, Paddys Ridge, Mount William, Mount Paterson, Mount Allyn, Mount Royal , Mount Toonumbue, the Belgrave Pinnacle,...
into the Hunter River
Hunter River
The Hunter River is a major river in New South Wales, Australia. The Hunter River rises in the Liverpool Range and flows generally south and then east, reaching the Pacific Ocean at Newcastle, the second largest city in New South Wales and a major port....
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The scheme was constructed between 1983 and 1985, to provide drought relief water for Bayswater Power Station which was being constructed at the same time.
The scheme consists of:
- a weir on the Barnard River, which transfers water into a small dam on Orham Creek via a gravity channel
- a pair of pumping stations which pump the water through pipelines to Bralga Tops
- another pipeline feeding downhill into Oaky Creek, which is a tributary of the Hunter River.
According to the NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change website The Barnard Scheme has been rarely used in recent years and is partly decommissioned as of 2006.