The Warragamba Dam in NSW has begun to spill this morning and is expected to cause flooding downstream along the Hawkesbury and Nepean rivers. #9News 9news.com.au/national/2015/08/27/07/42/warragamba-dam-begins-to-spill | 9 News

Warragamba Dam has once again reached capacity with controlled spills now underway. The water release is happening at a rate of 48 gigalitres a day and has been brought about by the large amount of rain that has fallen across the Sydney basin. 7NEWS at 6pm. More local news: 7news.com.au/news/Sydney #WarragambaDam #7NEWS | 7NEWS Sydney

HISTORIC SNAPSHOT ~ The construction of Warragamba Dam. From 1948 until 1960 about 1,800 people from about 30 nationalities worked three shifts a day, seven days a week, to build Warragamba Dam. It was a major engineering feat of the mid 20th Century. Workers removed more than 2,300,000 tonnes of sandstone from the site. Concrete was mixed on site using 305,000 tonnes of cement and 2,500,000 tonnes of sand and gravel. Produced by TVU © WaterNSW. #FAIRMG #BCBMGM | Ask Roz Blue Mountains

Warragamba Dam Warragamba Dam is a heritage-listed dam in the outer South Western Sydney suburb of Warragamba, Wollondilly Shire in New South Wales, Australia. It is a concrete gravity dam, which creates Lake Burragorang, the primary reservoir for water supply for the city of Sydney. The dam wall is located approximately 65 kilometres (40 mi) W of Sydney central business district, 4½ km SW of the town of Wallacia, and 1 km NW of the village of Warragamba. #fblifestyle | Australia-Phil