[1] The reservoir is built in the path of the Little Para River and is used for water storage and flood mitigation.

As the Little Para's catchment is insufficient to fill the reservoir, it is mainly used to store water pumped from the River Murray.

Although much of the current amenities have fallen into disarray due lack of maintenance and public abuse.

In June 2008 the reservoir was closed to the public so the dam wall could be strengthened and increased by 1 metre (3.3 ft).

that "millions of litres of water"[4] were released into the ocean until the reservoir was at 68 percent to enable the construction to proceed.