The dam's main purpose is for the generation of hydro-power and is one of the sixteen major dams that comprise the Snowy Mountains Scheme, a vast hydroelectricity and irrigation complex constructed in south-east Australia between 1949 and 1974 and now run by Snowy Hydro.
Murray River | dam | Hoover Dam | Murray | Anne Murray | Bill Murray | Andy Murray | F. Murray Abraham | David Murray | Aswan Dam | Murray Head | Murray Perahia | John Murray | Grand Coulee Dam | Murray Hill, New Jersey | Kinzua Dam | Charles Shaar Murray | Pete Murray | Patty Murray | Murray Hill | Al Murray | Margaret Murray | Bonneville Dam | R. Murray Schafer | Murray Walker | Grand Rapids Dam | embankment dam | Eddie Murray | Craig Murray | Beaver Dam, Arizona |
Fed by the pumped flows via the Snowy-Geehi Haupt-tunnel from Island Bend Pondage, it receives water from the Geehi Reservoir on the Geehi River and discharges into the Murray 2 Pondage.