The Poona Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam with a toe drain with an un-gated spillway across a tributary of the South Maroochy River in Kureelpa, Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.^[2] The main purpose of the dam is for storage of potable water for the Sunshine Coast region.^[1] The impounded reservoir is also called Poona Dam.

The dam is located 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) north-west of Nambour.

The earthen dam structure is 650 metres (2,130 ft) long and holds back the 655-megalitre (144×10^⁶ imp gal; 173×10^⁶ US gal) reservoir when at full capacity. From a catchment area of 0.8 square kilometres (0.31 sq mi), the reservoir has a surface area of 17 hectares (42 acres) and a maximum width of 410 m (1,350 ft). Initially managed by the Maroochy Shire Council, management of the dam was transferred to SEQ Water in July 2008 as part of a water security project in the South East Queensland region, known as the South East Queensland Water Grid.^[3]

Recreation is not permitted on the dam and in its surrounds.^[1]

In 2008, the body of a deceased man was found on the eastern spillway of the dam wall.^[4][5]

• List of dams in Queensland

• "Poona Dam". Picture Australia. National Library of Australia.^{[dead link‍]}