Las Blancas

Particulars

Designer: Estudios y proyectos de infraestructura hidroagricola, CNA

Contractor: ICA (Ingenierios Civiles Asociados, S.A. de C.V.)

Purpose(s): Irrigation

Reservoir capacity: 124 m³x10⁶

Height: 32 metres

Length: 2795 metres

Volume of RCC: 221 m³x10³

Total volume: 316 m³x10³

Start of Project: 08/98 (August 1998)

Start of RCC: 03/99 (March 1999)

End of RCC: 12/99 (December 1999)

End of Project: 11/00 (November 2000)

Country: Mexico

DMS Co-ordinates: 26˚24'30.14"N, 99˚14'01.69"W

DD Co-ordinates: 26.408373, -99.233803

Slope	Type
Vertical	RCC against precast concrete panels with geomembrane

Slope	Type
Vertical	RCC against precast concrete panels
0.75	RCC against formwork [stepped face]

Slope	Type
0.75	Traditional concrete against formwork

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
300	300

Cement (kg/m³)
100

Pozzolan (kg/m³)	Pozzolan Type
100	Low-lime flyash (ASTM Class F)