Re: SER1 60th Anniversary

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From: David Thorburn
Subject: Re: SER1 60th Anniversary
Date: 18:48 on 16 Dec 2004

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* INFORMATION ON THE SNOWY SCHEME*

The Snowy Mountains Scheme is recognised as one of the great engineering 
feats of the world. It took 25 years to build and is one of the largest 
and most complex integrated water and hydro-electric power schemes in 
operation.

Built in the national interest with the support of the New South Wales, 
Victorian, South Australian and Commonwealth governments, the Scheme 
provides electricity to the south-eastern Australian grid and much 
needed drought security to Australia's dry inland.

Construction started on 17 October 1949, when the Governor General Sir 
William McKell, Prime Minister Ben Chiffley and the Scheme's first 
Commissioner, Sir William Hudson, fired the first blast at Adaminaby.

Built at a cost of $1 billion - including interest costs accrued during 
construction - the Scheme was completed on time and under budget in 1974.

The Snowy Mountains Scheme is located in Australia's Southern Alps 
within an area of 8,200 square kilometres, mostly within Kosciuszko 
National Park.
 
The Scheme has 145 km of interconnected trans-mountain tunnels and 80 km 
of aqueducts which collect and divert most of the inflows to the Snowy 
Mountains area.
 
There are 16 major dams with a total storage capacity of 7,000 
gigalitres (Gl), or 13 times the volume of Sydney Harbour. Almost 76% of 
this capacity, or 5,300 Gl, can be used for electricity generation and 
diverted to the Murray and Murrumbidgee irrigation systems.
 
Lake Eucumbene, the Scheme's largest reservoir, has a storage capacity 
of 4,798 Gl or 9 times the volume of Sydney Harbour.
 
Entitlements for the water diverted from the Scheme are shared between 
Victoria (25%) and NSW (75%).
By providing a reliable supply of water west of the Great Dividing 
Range, the Scheme assists in underwriting the production of $8.5 billion 
of irrigated agricultural products in the Murray-Darling Basin each year.
The Scheme's operations are vital to river management, including flood 
mitigation, flow augmentation during drought and the control of salinity 
in the Murray River.
 
The Scheme's seven power stations generate an average of 5,100 
gigawatt-hours of electricity each year, which is approximately 10% of 
the total energy consumption in NSW.
 
With a large generating capacity of 3,756 megawatts (MW), the Scheme 
represents approximately 16% of the generating capacity of south-east 
Australia.
 
It provides 82.5% of renewable energy supplied to the south-eastern 
Australian grid, displacing approximately 5 million tonnes of carbon 
dioxide emissions every year.
 
More than 100,000 people from over 30 countries worked on the Snowy 
Scheme between 1949 and 1974, with the workforce reaching a peak of 
7,300 in 1959.
 
The Snowy Mountains Scheme's intensive construction phase began shortly 
after Federal Parliament established the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric 
Authority in July 1949. The Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Authority 
owns and manages the Snowy Mountains Scheme.

The Snowy Mountains Council, made up of representatives from NSW, 
Victoria and the Commonwealth, as well as representatives from the 
Authority, directs the operations and maintenance of the Snowy Mountains 
Scheme regarding water storage and release and electricity generation.

Hope this helps with wondering why they needed so many Landrovers plus 
other vehicles

David


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<b><font color="#006633"><font size="+1"> INFORMATION ON THE SNOWY
SCHEME</font></font></b>
<p>The Snowy Mountains Scheme is recognised as one of the great
engineering
feats of the world. It took 25 years to build and is one of the largest
and most complex integrated water and hydro-electric power schemes in
operation.
</p>
<p>Built in the national interest with the support of the New South
Wales,
Victorian, South Australian and Commonwealth governments, the Scheme
provides
electricity to the south-eastern Australian grid and much needed
drought
security to Australia's dry inland.
</p>
<p>Construction started on 17 October 1949, when the Governor General
Sir
William McKell, Prime Minister Ben Chiffley and the Scheme's first
Commissioner,
Sir William Hudson, fired the first blast at Adaminaby.
</p>
<p>Built at a cost of $1 billion - including interest costs accrued
during
construction - the Scheme was completed on time and under budget in
1974.
</p>
<p>The Snowy Mountains Scheme is located in Australia's Southern Alps
within
an area of 8,200 square kilometres, mostly within Kosciuszko National
Park.
<br>
&nbsp;
<br>
The Scheme has 145 km of interconnected trans-mountain tunnels and
80 km of aqueducts which collect and divert most of the inflows to the
Snowy Mountains area.
<br>
&nbsp;
<br>
There are 16 major dams with a total storage capacity of 7,000
gigalitres
(Gl), or 13 times the volume of Sydney Harbour. Almost 76% of this
capacity,
or 5,300 Gl, can be used for electricity generation and diverted to the
Murray and Murrumbidgee irrigation systems.
<br>
&nbsp;
<br>
Lake Eucumbene, the Scheme's largest reservoir, has a storage capacity
of 4,798 Gl or 9 times the volume of Sydney Harbour.
<br>
&nbsp;
<br>
Entitlements for the water diverted from the Scheme are shared between
Victoria (25%) and NSW (75%).
<br>
By providing a reliable supply of water west of the Great Dividing
Range, the Scheme assists in underwriting the production of $8.5
billion
of irrigated agricultural products in the Murray-Darling Basin each
year.
<br>
The Scheme's operations are vital to river management, including flood
mitigation, flow augmentation during drought and the control of
salinity
in the Murray River.
<br>
&nbsp;
<br>
The Scheme's seven power stations generate an average of 5,100
gigawatt-hours
of electricity each year, which is approximately 10% of the total
energy
consumption in NSW.
<br>
&nbsp;
<br>
With a large generating capacity of 3,756 megawatts (MW), the Scheme
represents approximately 16% of the generating capacity of south-east
Australia.
<br>
&nbsp;
<br>
It provides 82.5% of renewable energy supplied to the south-eastern
Australian grid, displacing approximately 5 million tonnes of carbon
dioxide
emissions every year.
<br>
&nbsp;
<br>
More than 100,000 people from over 30 countries worked on the Snowy
Scheme between 1949 and 1974, with the workforce reaching a peak of
7,300
in 1959.
<br>
&nbsp;
<br>
The Snowy Mountains Scheme's intensive construction phase began shortly
after Federal Parliament established the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric
Authority in July 1949. The Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Authority
owns
and manages the Snowy Mountains Scheme.
</p>
<p>The Snowy Mountains Council, made up of representatives from NSW,
Victoria
and the Commonwealth, as well as representatives from the Authority,
directs
the operations and maintenance of the Snowy Mountains Scheme regarding
water storage and release and electricity generation.<br>
</p>
<p>Hope this helps with wondering why they needed so many Landrovers
plus other vehicles<br>
</p>
<p>David<br>
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