Cania Dam

{{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}}

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{{Infobox body of water

| name = Cania Dam

| image =

| caption =

| image_bathymetry =

| pushpin_map = Queensland

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| location = {{convert|93|km|abbr=on}} South West of Gladstone, Queensland

| coords = {{coord|24.6487|S|150.985|E|type:waterbody_region:AU|display=inline,title}}

| type = reservoir

| inflow = Three Moon Creek

| outflow = Three Moon Creek

| catchment = {{convert|280|km2|abbr=on}}

| basin_countries = Australia

| length = {{convert|350|m|abbr=on}}

| width =

| area = {{convert|760|ha|abbr=on}}

| depth =

| max-depth = {{convert|40.1|m|abbr=on}}

| volume = {{convert|88,580|ML|abbr=on}}

| reference = [http://www.sunwater.com.au/water_store.htm Sunwater Current Water Storage Information]

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| shore =

| elevation = {{convert|331|m|abbr=on}}

| islands =

| cities = Near Monto, Queensland

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Cania Dam is a dam in central Queensland, Australia, {{convert|37|km|mi|0}} north west of Monto, in the locality of Cania. The dam is situated on Three Moon Creek, a tributary of the Burnett River. The dam wall is an earth and rock-fill embankment type. It has a surface area of {{convert|7.6|km2|acre|0}}, an average depth of {{convert|12|m|ft|0}} and a capacity of 88,580 ML. The dam is named after the abandoned gold mining town of Cania, which was inundated by the lake as it filled.{{Cite web|title=Cania Dam|url=https://www.sunwater.com.au/dams/cania-dam/|access-date=2021-10-20|website=Sunwater|language=en-AU}}

The dam is stocked with Australian Bass, Golden Perch, Silver Perch, and Saratoga under the Stocked Impoundment Permit Scheme.{{Cite web|last=NAME|first=c=AU; o=The State of Queensland; ou=DEPARTMENT NAME; ou=UNIT|title=Add your heading|url=https://www.daf.qld.gov.au/rsa/sips-dams-and-weirs/profile|access-date=2021-10-20|website=www.daf.qld.gov.au|language=en}}

The dam was completed in 1982, and after reaching a low of 3.31% in February 2003, it overflowed for the first time in late December 2010. The dam overflowed again in 2012, 2013 (reaching its highest recorded level of 133.32% capacity), 2015, and 2017.{{Cite news|last=Jack.lawrie|first=By|date=2017-04-01|title=Cania Dam spill expected to last two to three days|work=The Courier Mail|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/central-and-north-burnett/cania-dam-spill-expected-to-last-two-to-three-days/news-story/2a0e8a7553f3c1d4e07939a15b79af48|access-date=2021-10-20}}