[1] It is approximately 200 kilometres (120 mi) north of Hughenden and was built for the Kidston Gold Mine.

Downstream properties receive water via a pipeline which was built to supply the mine and associated township.

This allows riparian properties access to water for stock and domestic use until the coming wet season.

[3] The project was upgraded to 270-megawatt (360,000 hp) solar and 2,000-megawatt-hour (7,200 GJ) pumped storage, at an expected cost of $330 million in 2017.

In 2017, DEWS installed 14 safety warning sign buoys, approximately 100 metres (330 ft) off the dam wall, to alert waterway users of the danger of overtopping the overflow spillway.