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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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| Name | Country | Owner | Purpose | River | Reservoir capacity (m3x106) | Construction dates | Dimensions | Volume | Facings | Placement | Cementitious material | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | Finish | Height | Length | RCC | Total | Upstream | Downstream | Spillway | Layers | Lifts | Cement | Pozzolan | ||||||||||||
| Project | RCC | RCC | Project | (m) | (m) | (m3x103) | (m3x103) | Slope | Type | Slope | Type | Slope | Type | (m) | (m) | (kg/m3) | (kg/m3) | |||||||
| Tashkumyr | Kyrgyzstan | Ministry of Power Industry | H I | Naryn | 140 | - /82 | 03/87 | 12/89 | 12/90 | 75 | 320 | 100 | 1300 | V | (1) | 0.78 | (1) | 0.78 | (1) | 400 | 400 | 90 | 30 | (N) |
| Taung | South Africa | Department of Water & Sanitation & the former Bophuthatswana Department of Water Affairs | I W | Harts | 66 | 06/90 | 08/91 | 09/92 | 05/93 | 50 | 320 | 132 | 153 | V | (1) | V 0.75 | (1) (1)* | 0.75 | (1)* | 250 | 250 | 44 | 66 | (F) |
| Nacaome | Honduras | Secretaria de Recursos Naturales | W | Rio Grande Nacaome | 42 | 06/93 | 08/94 | - /95 | - /95 | 54 | 320 | 250 | 300 | 0.15 | (2) | 0.80 | (3)* | 0.80 | (12)* | 400 | 400 | 64 | 21 | (N) |
| Bandeira de Melo | Brazil | CERB (Companhia de Engenharia Ambiental e Recursos Hidricos da Bahia) | I W | Paraguaçu | 112 | - /02 | 09/03 | - /04 | - /05 | 19 | 320 | 75 | 85 | (1) | (1)* | (1)* | 300 | 300 | 56 | 14 | (N) | |||
| Jupudu | China | Datang International Power Generation Co. Ltd. | H | Lixian (Black) | 174 | 11/04 | - /05 | - /06 | - /07 | 95 | 320 | 480 | 800 | V 0.20 | (3) | 0.80 | (3) | 0.80 | (3) | |||||
| Yunishigawa | Japan | Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism | F I W | Yunishi | 75 | 08/08 | 09/09 | 05/11 | 09/12 | 119 | 320 | 967 | 1053 | V 0.60 | (1) | 0.78 | (1) | 0.78 | (1) | 250 | 1000 | 91 | 39 | (F) |
| Tamalout [H-F] | Morocco | Direction des Aménagements Hydrauliques | F I W | Ansegmir | 50 | 10/10 | - /13 | - /17 | - /18 | 61 | 320 | 380 | 405 | 0.50 | (5) | 0.70 | (1)* | 0.70 | (1)* | 300 | 300 | 80 70 60 | 0 0 | (-) |
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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.
Details
Country: Kyrgyzstan
Owner: Ministry of Power Industry
Type: Gravity
Purpose(s): Hydropower / Irrigation
River: Naryn
Reservoir capacity: 140 m3x106
Construction Dates
Start of Project: -/82
Start of RCC: -/82
End of RCC: 12/89
End of Project: 12/90
Specifications
Height: 75 metres
Length: 320 metres
Volume of RCC: 100 m3x103
Total volume: 1300 m3x103
Construction Methods
Facings
Upstream
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| Vertical | Traditional concrete against formwork |
Downstream
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| 0.78 | Traditional concrete against formwork |
Spillway
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| 0.78 | Traditional concrete against formwork |
Placement
| Layers (mm) | Lifts (mm) |
|---|---|
| 400 | 400 |
Cementitious material
| Cement (kg/m3) |
|---|
| 90 |
| Pozzolan (kg/m3) | Pozzolan Type |
|---|---|
| 30 | Natural pozzolan (ASTM Class N) |

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Country: South Africa
Owner: Department of Water & Sanitation & the former Bophuthatswana Department of Water Affairs
Type: Gravity
Purpose(s): Irrigation / Water Supply
River: Harts
Reservoir capacity: 66 m3x106
Construction Dates
Start of Project: 06/90
Start of RCC: 06/90
End of RCC: 09/92
End of Project: 05/93
Specifications
Height: 50 metres
Length: 320 metres
Volume of RCC: 132 m3x103
Total volume: 153 m3x103
Construction Methods
Facings
Upstream
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| Vertical | Traditional concrete against formwork |
Downstream
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| Vertical | Traditional concrete against formwork |
| 0.75 | Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face] |
Spillway
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| 0.75 | Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face] |
Placement
| Layers (mm) | Lifts (mm) |
|---|---|
| 250 | 250 |
Cementitious material
| Cement (kg/m3) |
|---|
| 44 |
| Pozzolan (kg/m3) | Pozzolan Type |
|---|---|
| 66 | Low-lime flyash (ASTM Class F) |

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Country: Honduras
Owner: Secretaria de Recursos Naturales
Type: Gravity
Purpose(s): Water Supply
River: Rio Grande Nacaome
Reservoir capacity: 42 m3x106
Construction Dates
Start of Project: 06/93
Start of RCC: 06/93
End of RCC: -/95
End of Project: -/95
Specifications
Height: 54 metres
Length: 320 metres
Volume of RCC: 250 m3x103
Total volume: 300 m3x103
Construction Methods
Facings
Upstream
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| 0.15 | Traditional concrete against formwork with external geomembrane |
Downstream
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| 0.80 | RCC against formwork [stepped face] |
Spillway
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| 0.80 | Reinforced conventional concrete cast after RCC placement [stepped face] |
Placement
| Layers (mm) | Lifts (mm) |
|---|---|
| 400 | 400 |
Cementitious material
| Cement (kg/m3) |
|---|
| 64 |
| Pozzolan (kg/m3) | Pozzolan Type |
|---|---|
| 21 | Natural pozzolan (ASTM Class N) |

Details
Country: Brazil
Owner: CERB (Companhia de Engenharia Ambiental e Recursos Hidricos da Bahia)
Type: Gravity
Purpose(s): Irrigation / Water Supply
River: Paraguaçu
Reservoir capacity: 112 m3x106
Construction Dates
Start of Project: -/02
Start of RCC: -/02
End of RCC: -/04
End of Project: -/05
Specifications
Height: 19 metres
Length: 320 metres
Volume of RCC: 75 m3x103
Total volume: 85 m3x103
Construction Methods
Facings
Upstream
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| Traditional concrete against formwork |
Downstream
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face] |
Spillway
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face] |
Placement
| Layers (mm) | Lifts (mm) |
|---|---|
| 300 | 300 |
Cementitious material
| Cement (kg/m3) |
|---|
| 56 |
| Pozzolan (kg/m3) | Pozzolan Type |
|---|---|
| 14 | Natural pozzolan (ASTM Class N) |

Details
Country: China
Owner: Datang International Power Generation Co. Ltd.
Type: Gravity
Purpose(s): Hydropower
River: Lixian (Black)
Reservoir capacity: 174 m3x106
Construction Dates
Start of Project: 11/04
Start of RCC: 11/04
End of RCC: -/06
End of Project: -/07
Specifications
Height: 95 metres
Length: 320 metres
Volume of RCC: 480 m3x103
Total volume: 800 m3x103
Construction Methods
Facings
Upstream
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| Vertical | RCC against formwork |
| 0.20 |
Downstream
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| 0.80 | RCC against formwork |
Spillway
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| 0.80 | RCC against formwork |
Placement
| Layers (mm) | Lifts (mm) |
|---|---|
Cementitious material
| Cement (kg/m3) |
|---|
| Pozzolan (kg/m3) | Pozzolan Type |
|---|---|

Details
Country: Japan
Owner: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Type: Gravity
Purpose(s): Flood Control / Irrigation / Water Supply
River: Yunishi
Reservoir capacity: 75 m3x106
Construction Dates
Start of Project: 08/08
Start of RCC: 08/08
End of RCC: 05/11
End of Project: 09/12
Specifications
Height: 119 metres
Length: 320 metres
Volume of RCC: 967 m3x103
Total volume: 1053 m3x103
Construction Methods
Facings
Upstream
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| Vertical | Traditional concrete against formwork |
| 0.60 |
Downstream
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| 0.78 | Traditional concrete against formwork |
Spillway
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| 0.78 | Traditional concrete against formwork |
Placement
| Layers (mm) | Lifts (mm) |
|---|---|
| 250 | 1000 |
Cementitious material
| Cement (kg/m3) |
|---|
| 91 |
| Pozzolan (kg/m3) | Pozzolan Type |
|---|---|
| 39 | Low-lime flyash (ASTM Class F) |

Details
Country: Morocco
Owner: Direction des Aménagements Hydrauliques
Type: Hardfill
Purpose(s): Flood Control / Irrigation / Water Supply
River: Ansegmir
Reservoir capacity: 50 m3x106
Construction Dates
Start of Project: 10/10
Start of RCC: 10/10
End of RCC: -/17
End of Project: -/18
Specifications
Height: 61 metres
Length: 320 metres
Volume of RCC: 380 m3x103
Total volume: 405 m3x103
Construction Methods
Facings
Upstream
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| 0.50 | Traditional concrete against precast concrete panels |
Downstream
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| 0.70 | Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face] |
Spillway
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| 0.70 | Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face] |
Placement
| Layers (mm) | Lifts (mm) |
|---|---|
| 300 | 300 |
Cementitious material
| Cement (kg/m3) |
|---|
| 80 |
| 70 60 |
| Pozzolan (kg/m3) | Pozzolan Type |
|---|---|
| 0 | No pozzolan used |
| 0 |

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