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The Reece Dam is a concrete-faced rock-fill embankment dam across the Pieman River, located in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia. Completed in 1986, the resultant reservoir, Lake Pieman, was established for the purpose of generation of hydroelectricity via the adjacent Reece Power Station, a conventional hydroelectric power station.

Dam overview
The concrete-face rockfill dam wall is high and long. When full, the reservoir has capacity of and covers , drawn from a catchment area of . The uncontrolled spillway has a flow capacity of . The reservoir receives water from Lake Rosebery. Lake Pieman is a long, narrow lake that follows the line of the Pieman River from the Reece Dam back to Rosebery and the Bastyan Dam. == Hydroelectric power station ==
Hydroelectric power station
Part of the Pieman Power Development scheme that comprises four hydroelectric power stations, the Reece Power Station is the final station in the scheme, before the water runs out to sea. The power station is located aboveground at the foot of the dam wall. Water from the lake is fed to the power station into two independent -long tunnels. The power station was commissioned in 1986 and 1987 by the Hydro Electric Corporation (TAS) and the station has two Fuji Francis turbines, with a combined generating capacity of of electricity. The station output, estimated to be annually, ==Etymology==
Etymology
Both the dam and the power station were named in honour of Eric Reece, the Premier of Tasmania between 1958 and 1969 and again between 1972 and 1975. Reece was a firm proponent of the Hydro-Electric Commission and the development of hydroelectricity in Tasmania. == See also ==
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