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from the concrete, weakening the structure. Efforts to reduce the leaking occurred in 1912, and in 1966 the upstream side of the dam wall was covered with reinforced concrete to reduce further leaking. However, a 1988 review of the dam's design concluded that it lacked sufficient safety margins in
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occurred at a timber mill in the catchment in 1892, at a time when typhoid fever became increasingly prevalent in Perth. Between 1895 and 1900, there were 4047 cases and 425 deaths from typhoid fever in Perth, and the water supply was suspected to be contaminated. In response to this, in 1896 the
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The scheme designed by
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The concrete dam wall was built using approximately 1,260 tonnes (1,240 long tons; 1,390 short tons) of cement imported from
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The site of the proposed reservoir is some 17 miles from Perth, and lies in a hollow of the hills, apparently intended by Nature for some such purpose, surrounded by the jarrah forest. At the lower end the hills approach comparatively close together, where it is proposed to construct the
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Due to the construction methods used, the dam was completed less than a year after excavation began on its foundations, halving the time it would have taken had more conventional methods been employed. The dam was officially opened on 22 November 1991 by
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examine the proposal passed the issue back to local government. Fremantle refused to participate in the water supply scheme, so following the departure from the Civil
Engineering partnership of Barratt, Saunders removed Fremantle from the plan.
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settlements. As soon after completion as 1892, concerns were raised that this new water source was getting polluted by raw sewage from the timber mills as well as excrement from the livestock.
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were implemented to prosecute any cases of pollution of the water catchment. Also, a channel was cut to divert the Munday Brook water (polluted by the timber mills) away from the reservoir.
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522:Kalamunda
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