Greenvale Reservoir

{{Short description|Lake in Victoria, Australia}}

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}

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| name = Greenvale Reservoir

| image = Greenvale Reservoir 2.jpg

| caption = Greenvale Reservoir with Roxburgh Park in the background, 2009

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| location = Victoria

| coords = {{coord|37|37|53.62|S|144|54|17.78|E|type:waterbody_region:AU-VIC|display=inline,title}}

| type = reservoir

| inflow = pipeline from Silvan Reservoir

| outflow = Yuroke Creek

| catchment = Yarra

| basin_countries = Australia

| date-built = 1973

| length = {{convert|1.92|km}}

| width = {{convert|1.33|km}}

| area = {{cvt|174|ha}}

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| pushpin_map = Australia Victoria Melbourne inset

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| islands = Tower near south end of reservoir

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| cities = Greenvale, Victoria

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Greenvale Reservoir is an off-stream water storage dam in northern Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is situated in the upper Yuroke Creek catchment, the major tributary of the Moonee Ponds Creek. It is in the north of the suburb of Greenvale and to the west of Roxburgh Park.

The reservoir has a capacity of {{convert|27000|ML|e6ft3|abbr=unit}}. It was opened 18 April 1973 and is now managed by Melbourne Water.Melway Greater Melbourne 31st edition 2004 page 179 The reservoir was designed to supply drinking water to Melbourne's northern and western suburbs.{{cite news |date=10 January 1918 |title=Essendon's Water Supply |page=4 (Morning) |newspaper=The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter |issue=1452 |location=Victoria, Australia |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/74604782 |access-date=30 March 2017 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article155773242 |title=The Water Supply |newspaper=The Age |issue=22,148 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=30 March 1926 |access-date=30 March 2017 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}}

The Greenvale Reservoir Park, to the south and west of the dam, contained picnic tables, a playground and barbecues, and is managed by Parks Victoria. The park was closed in 2014, because of the need for work to strengthen the dam wall.{{cite web |title=Greenvale Reservoir |url=https://sitechcs.com/docs/GreenvaleReservoir.pdf |publisher=Sitech |access-date=2024-08-30}} Although the remedial work has been completed, most of the park remains closed,{{cite news |last1=Carey |first1=Adam |title=The massive Melbourne waterside park that’s off limits to residents |url=https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/the-massive-melbourne-waterside-park-that-s-off-limits-to-residents-20240827-p5k5u6.html |access-date=2024-08-30 |work=The Age |date=2024-08-30}} despite occasional promises to reopen it.{{cite web |title=Revitalising Valuable Green Space In Melbourne’s North |url=https://www.premier.vic.gov.au/site-4/revitalising-valuable-green-space-melbournes-north |publisher=State Government of Victoria |access-date=2024-08-30}} The northern section is open to pedestrian traffic.{{Cite web |title=Greenvale Reservoir Park |url=https://www.parks.vic.gov.au/places-to-see/parks/greenvale-reservoir-park |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=parks.vic.gov.au}}

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