Blowering Dam was the site for both of Ken Warby's World Records.   And if things go right, it will be the site for the next attempt at the World Water Speed Record.  The one factor that may jeopardise the use of the site is the water level.

The History of the Blowering Dam

1968	The first release of irrigation water from Blowering Dam was made by the Premier of New South Wales, the Honourable R W Askin.
1974	The Lower Tumut works (Tumut 3 Power Station, Jounama Dam and Blowering Dam projects) were completed.

The Snowy Tumut Diversion collects the headwaters of the Murrumbidgee and Eucumbene Rivers. These waters are diverted from Lake Eucumbene through a trans-mountain tunnel to Tumut Pond Reservoir, which collects water from the Tooma and Tumut Rivers. The water passes through Tumut 1, 2 and 3 Power Stations located in the Tumut Gorge and then into Blowering Reservoir. From here it passes through Blowering Power Station as it is discharged into the Tumut River by the Department of Land and Water Conservation. The Tumut River then flows into the Murrumbidgee River for irrigation.

There are seven power stations, a pumping station and 16 major dams, including Blowering Dam, which was initially built for the NSW Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission, and is now operated by the NSW Department of Land and Water Conservation. (A dam is the barrier across a river to hold back water, while a reservoir is the body of water held behind a dam.)

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