Hinze Dam

Hinze Dam is located about 15 kilometres southwest from central Nerang and supplies most of the water for Gold Coast City. Hinze Dam, initially completed in 1976, was upgraded in 1989 to a storage capacity of 161,070 million litres and a surface area 972 hectares. Based on average rainfall and weather patterns, it can provide an average 169 million litres of water per day. [see current level]

The 207 square kilometre catchment area for Hinze Dam includes the Numinbah Valley and Springbrook Plateau, with about 77% covered by native bushland with most being contained within State Forests and National Parks. Gold Coast City Council also owns more than 5000 hectares of land surrounding the Hinze and Little Nerang Dams while about 15% of the catchment has been developed into pastureland, mostly in the Numinbah Valley where dairy and beef cattle properties operate.