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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.

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NameCountryOwnerPurposeRiverReservoir capacity (m3x106)Construction datesDimensionsVolumeFacingsPlacementCementitious material
StartFinishHeightLengthRCCTotalUpstreamDownstreamSpillwayLayersLiftsCementPozzolan
ProjectRCCRCCProject(m)(m)(m3x103)(m3x103)SlopeTypeSlopeTypeSlopeType(m)(m)(kg/m3)(kg/m3)
Peñas BlancasCosta RicaHPeñas Blancas204/0007/0101/0207/0248211120170V(1)0.80(1)*0.80(12)3003009035(N)
Teesta low dam (Stage IV)IndiaHTeesta3705/0601/1305/1508/16451961671700.40(3')*0.80(3')*separate 30030085135(F)

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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: Costa Rica

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower

River: Peñas Blancas

Reservoir capacity: 2 m3x106

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 04/00

Start of RCC: 04/00

End of RCC: 01/02

End of Project: 07/02

Specifications

Height: 48 metres

Length: 211 metres

Volume of RCC: 120 m3x103

Total volume: 170 m3x103

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
VerticalTraditional concrete against formwork
Downstream
SlopeType
0.80Traditional concrete against formwork  [stepped face]
Spillway
SlopeType
0.80Reinforced conventional concrete cast after RCC placement

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
300300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m3)
90
Pozzolan (kg/m3)Pozzolan Type
35Natural pozzolan (ASTM Class N)
  
Peñas Blancas completed
Peñas Blancas completed

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Country: India

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower

River: Teesta

Reservoir capacity: 37 m3x106

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 05/06

Start of RCC: 05/06

End of RCC: 05/15

End of Project: 08/16

Specifications

Height: 45 metres

Length: 196 metres

Volume of RCC: 167 m3x103

Total volume: 170 m3x103

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
0.40RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC)  [stepped face]
Downstream
SlopeType
0.80RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC)  [stepped face]
Spillway
SlopeType
separate 

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
300300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m3)
85
Pozzolan (kg/m3)Pozzolan Type
135Low-lime flyash (ASTM Class F)
  
Teesta low dam (Stage IV) completed
Teesta low dam (Stage IV) completed

 

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