About
15 minutes' drive from Hobart, Risdon Brook is one of TasWater's largest drinking water reservoirs.
Set amongst dense bushland on Risdon Creek, Risdon Brook Park is a popular recreational area and an important part of TasWater's drinking water network.
The dam is used to store treated drinking water that is pumped from Bryn Estyn Water Treatment Plant outside New Norfolk, and its water is used to supply eastern shore homes and businesses with drinking water during the drier months each year (typically summer).
When it's full, the dam can hold 3,640 megalitres of water, or the equivalent of 1,456 Olympic-sized swimming pools!
