Model of Spirit of Australia in which Ken Warby set the world water speed record in 1978 on the dam

Blowering Dam is on the Tumut River. It is part of the Snowy Mountains Scheme. Associated with the dam is a hydro-electric power station. The Snowy Mountains Scheme is a massive water diversion and storage scheme, taking water from the eastern slopes of the Australian Alps (part of the Great Dividing Range) in eastern Victoria and southern New South Wales through pipes, tunnels and aqueducts into a series of dams, for use in hydro... Hydroelectricity is a form of hydropower used to produce electricity. ...

The dam was completed in 1968. It holds 1,628,000 megalites (million litres). The water from the dam is used for irrigation along the Murrumbidgee River, Yanco/Colombo/Billabong Creeks system, the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area and the Colleambally Irrigation Area. The Murrumbidgee River is a major river in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Geographically located within the Riverina area of New South Wales the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area (MIA) was created to control and divert the flow of local river and creek systems for the purpose of food production. ...

In 1978, Ken Warby set the Water speed record of 317.60 miles per hour on Blowering Dam. Ken Warby is an Australian motorboat racer. ... The World Unlimited water speed record is the officially recognised fastest speed achieved by a water-borne vehicle. ... Miles per hour is a unit of speed, expressing the number of international miles covered per hour. ...