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Please note: only dams ≥ 15m which have been completed, are under construction, or due to begin RCC placement in the current year are included in the table below.

Results are sorted in the following order: Finish of RCC, Start of RCC, Finish of Project, Start of Project, Height and alphabetical by Dam Name.

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NameCountryOwnerPurposeRiverReservoir capacity (m3x106)Construction datesDimensionsVolumeFacingsPlacementCementitious material
StartFinishHeightLengthRCCTotalUpstreamDownstreamSpillwayLayersLiftsCementPozzolan
ProjectRCCRCCProject(m)(m)(m3x103)(m3x103)SlopeTypeSlopeTypeSlopeType(m)(m)(kg/m3)(kg/m3)
Saco de Nova OlindaBrazilSRH (Secretaria de Recursos Hidricos)F I WGravata9707/8507/8610/8606/8756230132143V(1)0.80(3)*separate 4004005515(N)
Shapai
[A]
ChinaSichuan Minjiang Hydropower Co. Ltd.HCaopohe1806/9703/0005/0204/03132230380392V
0.10
(3')0.21(3)crest
0.21
(1)300300108
89
72
89
(F)
Las TruchasMexicoDesarrollos Mineros San Luis, S.A. de C.V.HLa Lobor o Las Truchas - /07- /08- /08- /093523024       300300   
KayabeyiTurkeyPelin EnergyH IKura14801/10- /12- /1402/15159230637780       300   
Hayghar (formerly Dehroud)
[H-F]
IranFars Water AuthorityF H I WFirooz Abad146- /09- /12- /24- /26882302602850.90(3')1.20(3')*1.20(12)300300   

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Please note: only dams ≥ 15m which have been completed, are under construction, or due to begin RCC placement in the current year are included in the list below.

Results are sorted in the following order: Finish of RCC, Start of RCC, Finish of Project, Start of Project, Height and alphabetical by Dam Name.

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Country: Brazil

Owner: SRH (Secretaria de Recursos Hidricos)

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Flood Control / Irrigation / Water Supply

River: Gravata

Reservoir capacity: 97 m3x106

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 07/85

Start of RCC: 07/85

End of RCC: 10/86

End of Project: 06/87

Specifications

Height: 56 metres

Length: 230 metres

Volume of RCC: 132 m3x103

Total volume: 143 m3x103

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
VerticalTraditional concrete against formwork
Downstream
SlopeType
0.80RCC against formwork  [stepped face]
Spillway
SlopeType
separate 

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
400400

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m3)
55
Pozzolan (kg/m3)Pozzolan Type
15Natural pozzolan (ASTM Class N)
  
Saco de Nova Olinda completed
Saco de Nova Olinda completed

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Country: China

Owner: Sichuan Minjiang Hydropower Co. Ltd.

Type: Thin Arch

Purpose(s): Hydropower

River: Caopohe

Reservoir capacity: 18 m3x106

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 06/97

Start of RCC: 06/97

End of RCC: 05/02

End of Project: 04/03

Specifications

Height: 132 metres

Length: 230 metres

Volume of RCC: 380 m3x103

Total volume: 392 m3x103

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
VerticalRCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC)
0.10 
Downstream
SlopeType
0.21RCC against formwork
Spillway
SlopeType
crestTraditional concrete against formwork
0.21 

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
300300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m3)
108
89
Pozzolan (kg/m3)Pozzolan Type
72Low-lime flyash (ASTM Class F)
89 
Shapai completed
Shapai completed

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Country: Mexico

Owner: Desarrollos Mineros San Luis, S.A. de C.V.

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower

River: La Lobor o Las Truchas

Reservoir capacity: -

Construction Dates

Start of Project: -/07

Start of RCC: -/07

End of RCC: -/08

End of Project: -/09

Specifications

Height: 35 metres

Length: 230 metres

Volume of RCC: 24 m3x103

Total volume: -

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
  
Downstream
SlopeType
  
Spillway
SlopeType
  

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
300300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m3)
 
Pozzolan (kg/m3)Pozzolan Type
  
  
Las Truchas completed
Las Truchas completed

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Country: Turkey

Owner: Pelin Energy

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower / Irrigation

River: Kura

Reservoir capacity: 148 m3x106

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 01/10

Start of RCC: 01/10

End of RCC: -/14

End of Project: 02/15

Specifications

Height: 159 metres

Length: 230 metres

Volume of RCC: 637 m3x103

Total volume: 780 m3x103

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
  
Downstream
SlopeType
  
Spillway
SlopeType
  

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
 300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m3)
 
Pozzolan (kg/m3)Pozzolan Type
  
  
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Country: Iran

Owner: Fars Water Authority

Type: Hardfill

Purpose(s): Flood Control / Hydropower / Irrigation / Water Supply

River: Firooz Abad

Reservoir capacity: 146 m3x106

Construction Dates

Start of Project: -/09

Start of RCC: -/09

End of RCC: -/24

End of Project: -/26

Specifications

Height: 88 metres

Length: 230 metres

Volume of RCC: 260 m3x103

Total volume: 285 m3x103

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
0.90RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC)
Downstream
SlopeType
1.20RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC)  [stepped face]
Spillway
SlopeType
1.20Reinforced conventional concrete cast after RCC placement

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
300300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m3)
 
Pozzolan (kg/m3)Pozzolan Type
  
  
Hayghar (formerly Dehroud) on Google Earth
Hayghar (formerly Dehroud) on Google Earth

 

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