Wirrina Cove Reservoir

Wirrina Cove Reservoir

The Wirrina Cove Reservoir supplies the Wirrina Cove drinking water network on the Fleurieu Peninsula and also irrigates local public spaces such as the golf course, gardens and parks.

This reservoir is fed from a surface water catchment at its southern end, providing two local tourism operators with water for irrigation – the Wirrina Cove Holiday Park and the New Terry Hotel and Golf Resort – and pumps water to a nearby treatment plant before flowing to the community as their drinking water supply. Water from this reservoir undergoes several treatment processes prior to being delivered as water of safe, drinking water standard.

SA Water manages the Wirrina Cove Reservoir under an agreement with the District Council of Yankalilla, the landholder of the reservoir

For more information about your water supply visit our drinking water profile tool here.

Capacity: 0.468 gigalitres

Open to the public: No

Wirrina Cove reservoir

  • Major faults

  • Underway

  • Polkinghorns Rd
  • Arthurton
  • 18/06/2020
  • Water Supply On
  • 18/06/2020 03:05 PM - We are attending to an incident in Arthurton with no interruption to the water supply. The safety of our crews and customers comes first, and we always aim to minimise inconvenience by restoring services as quickly as we can. Reference Number WO: 07505663.
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  • Scheduled works

  • Underway
  • Spruance Rd
  • Elizabeth East
  • 11/06/2021
  • Temporary Supply Interruption
  • Estimated start time and water supply off: 15/06/2021 09:00 AM
    Estimated restore time and water supply back on: 15/06/2021 04:00 PM

    We’re improving your services and undertaking maintenance work in Elizabeth East. Sometimes our crews need to temporarily interrupt the water supply to our customers and/or manage traffic while they are working. Temporary traffic management may remain in place until reinstatement of the impacted road is complete. We always aim to minimise inconvenience by restoring services as safely and quickly as we can.


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