The Snowy Scheme developments
Snowy-Tumut Development Engineering 1 sheet Fact
Snowy-Tumut Power generation – the Development journey of water
Water from the Upper Murrumbidgee, Tooma power stations and Eucumbene Rivers is collected and diverted from Lake Eucumbene through an underground tunnel system to Tumut Pond Dam. Water from 5 Tumut Pond flows through Tumut 1 and Tumut 2 generating underground power stations, before arriving at the Talbingo Reservoir. Water stored in Talbingo units Reservoir then passes through the Tumut 3 16 Power Station and into Jounama Pondage.
SNOWY-TUMUT DEVELOPMENT SNOWY-TUMUT DEVELOPMENT
B T S T S S D P 1 500 METRES TST T T J T B T B S P D S T 1 200 B J T T 3 P S P 900 ST T D ST T MURRUMB D EE R VER P ST T 600 TUMUT R VER T T T T P D B T T 300 P D S S
TO MURRUMB D EE T T T T PP J S 0 RR T ON RE P ST T P P D ST T
Power or pumping station n ergroun power station Tunnels an s a ts
SNOWY-MURR Y DEVELOPMENT
2 100 METRES B S T S D B D J D B B P P S P D P D P P ST T ST T ST T T 1 800 B B J D B B T Tumut 3 penstocksP D J D B D 1 500 SNOWY
1 200 R VER EE R VER
900 SNOWY R VER R VER EU UMBENE R VER 600 TO P O E N
R VER 300 EE PL N TO MURR Y SW MPY P D T P ST T 0 RR T ON RE
Power or pumping station Tunnels an s a ts Jounama Dam
Reusing/recycling Jounama Dam water
Three of the six turbines at Tumut 3 Power Water is released from Jounama Dam into Station have large pumps with the capacity to Blowering Reservoir either through the Jounama pump water from Jounama Pondage back up Small Hydro Power Station, or through the into Talbingo Reservoir. At present water cannot Jounama Dam radial release gates. be pumped any further uphill than Talbingo Reservoir.
Blowering Power Station
Blowering Power Station is located at the base of Blowering Dam.
Blowering Power Station operates as water is Water releases from Blowering Dam are released from Blowering Dam into the Tumut controlled by the NSW State Government to River, which joins the Murrumbidgee River near provide for downstream town water supply, Gundagai. irrigation and environmental uses.
Blowering Power Station
Visit us at: snowyhydro.com.au