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Lower Helena Pipehead Dam

Coordinates: 31°56′31″S 116°04′35″E / 31.942083°S 116.076509°E / -31.942083; 116.076509
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Looking from the north west at buildings and water

The Lower Helena Pipehead Dam, also known as the Lower Helena Pumpback Dam, catchment and pipeline are a part of the Goldfields Water Supply operations at Mundaring Weir, some distance east in the same valley, in the Darling Range in Western Australia.

The suburb Helena Valley is a few kilometres downstream of the dam.

The dam was first constructed in the early 1970s, on the Helena River at a location on the southern boundary of the suburb of Darlington.

By the 1980s and 1990s, the catchment and water quality saw a number of studies and reports.[1][2][3]

Into the 2000s, further research continued,[4] and the upper parts of the catchment area were being considered as restricted activity zones.[5][6]

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  1. ^ Edward, D. H; Water Authority of Western Australia; University of Western Australia. Aquatic Research Laboratory (1990), Stream fauna study : bioaccumulation of organochlorine pesticides by the freshwater mussel, Westralunio carteri Iredale, Piesse Gully, lower Helena River catchment, The Laboratory, retrieved 10 July 2017
  2. ^ Beor, Perry John (1983), Management of the Lower Helena catchment area, retrieved 9 July 2017
  3. ^ Conti, L; Wilke, S; Koska, L; Water Authority of Western Australia. Headworks and Treatment Region; Water Authority of Western Australia. Scientific Services Branch (1991), Lower Helena catchment water quality study, Headworks & Treatment Region [and] Scientific Services Branch, Water Authority of Western Australia, retrieved 9 July 2017
  4. ^ Kapernick, A. P; Dunn, A; Carter, S; Mueller, J (1 January 2005), Western Australia Water Corporation Passive Sampling Study, Study Site: Lower Helena Catchment, EnTox, The University of Queensland, retrieved 10 July 2017
  5. ^ Western Australian Planning Commission; Western Australia. Water and Rivers Commission (2003), Middle Helena catchment area land use and water management strategy : published by the Western Australian Planning Commission for public comment, August 2003, Western Australian Planning Commission, ISBN 978-0-7309-9393-3
  6. ^ Western Australian Planning Commission (2010), Middle Helena catchment area land use and water management strategy, Western Australian Planning Commission, ISBN 978-0-7309-9976-8

31°56′31″S 116°04′35″E / 31.942083°S 116.076509°E / -31.942083; 116.076509