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Owner: Jordan Valley Authority, Ministry of Water and Irrigation

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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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)
Tannur	Jordan	Jordan Valley Authority, Ministry of Water and Irrigation	I	Wadi al Hasa	17	02/99	12/99	12/00	09/01	60	270	250	250	V 1.00	(3')	0.80	(3')*	0.80	(3')*	300	1200	125 120	75 50	(N)
Wala	Jordan	Jordan Valley Authority, Ministry of Water and Irrigation	G	Wala	9	01/99	10/00	04/02	04/03	52	300	240	260	0.30	(1)	0.70	(1)*	0.70	(1)*	300	300	120 100	0 0	(-)
Mujib	Jordan	Jordan Valley Authority, Ministry of Water and Irrigation	I W	Mujib	35	01/99	01/01	02/03	11/03	67	490	654	694	0.10	(2)	0.80	(1)*	0.80	(1)*	300	300	85	0	(-)
Al Wehdah	Jordan/ Syria	Jordan Valley Authority, Ministry of Water and Irrigation	W	Yarmouk	110	06/03	02/05	07/06	12/07	103	485	1426	1478	V 0.60	(3')	0.80	(3')*	0.80		300	300	70 60	60 60	(F)
Ibn Hammad	Jordan	Jordan Valley Authority, Ministry of Water and Irrigation	G W	Ibn Hammad	4	- /15	12/16	07/17	- /22	56	160	160	160	0.30	(1)	0.70	(1)*	0.70	(1)*	300	300	90 100	0 0	(-)
Wala Dam Raise	Jordan	Jordan Valley Authority, Ministry of Water and Irrigation	G	Wala	26	09/17	06/19	10/19	07/20	67	300	80	82	0.30	(1)	0.70	(1)*	0.70	(1)*	300	300	98	52	(N)

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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.

Tannur

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Country: Jordan

Owner: Jordan Valley Authority, Ministry of Water and Irrigation

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Irrigation

River: Wadi al Hasa

Reservoir capacity: 17 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 02/99

Start of RCC: 02/99

End of RCC: 12/00

End of Project: 09/01

Specifications

Height: 60 metres

Length: 270 metres

Volume of RCC: 250 m³x10³

Total volume: 250 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
Vertical	RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC)
1.00

Downstream

Slope	Type
0.80	RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC) [stepped face]

Spillway

Slope	Type
0.80	RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC) [stepped face]

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
300	1200

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
125
120

Pozzolan (kg/m³)	Pozzolan Type
75	Natural pozzolan (ASTM Class N)
50

Wala

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Country: Jordan

Owner: Jordan Valley Authority, Ministry of Water and Irrigation

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Groundwater Recharge

River: Wala

Reservoir capacity: 9 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 01/99

Start of RCC: 01/99

End of RCC: 04/02

End of Project: 04/03

Specifications

Height: 52 metres

Length: 300 metres

Volume of RCC: 240 m³x10³

Total volume: 260 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
0.30	Traditional concrete against formwork

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)
120
100

Pozzolan (kg/m³)	Pozzolan Type
0	No pozzolan used
0

Mujib

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Country: Jordan

Owner: Jordan Valley Authority, Ministry of Water and Irrigation

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Irrigation / Water Supply

River: Mujib

Reservoir capacity: 35 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 01/99

Start of RCC: 01/99

End of RCC: 02/03

End of Project: 11/03

Specifications

Height: 67 metres

Length: 490 metres

Volume of RCC: 654 m³x10³

Total volume: 694 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
0.10	Traditional concrete against formwork with external geomembrane

Downstream

Slope	Type
0.80	Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face]

Spillway

Slope	Type
0.80	Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face]

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
300	300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
85

Pozzolan (kg/m³)	Pozzolan Type
0	No pozzolan used

Al Wehdah

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Country: Jordan/ Syria

Owner: Jordan Valley Authority, Ministry of Water and Irrigation

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Water Supply

River: Yarmouk

Reservoir capacity: 110 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 06/03

Start of RCC: 06/03

End of RCC: 07/06

End of Project: 12/07

Specifications

Height: 103 metres

Length: 485 metres

Volume of RCC: 1426 m³x10³

Total volume: 1478 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
Vertical	RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC)
0.60

Downstream

Slope	Type
0.80	RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC) [stepped face]

Spillway

Slope	Type
0.80

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
300	300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
70
60

Pozzolan (kg/m³)	Pozzolan Type
60	Low-lime flyash (ASTM Class F)
60

Ibn Hammad

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Country: Jordan

Owner: Jordan Valley Authority, Ministry of Water and Irrigation

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Groundwater Recharge / Water Supply

River: Ibn Hammad

Reservoir capacity: 4 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: -/15

Start of RCC: -/15

End of RCC: 07/17

End of Project: -/22

Specifications

Height: 56 metres

Length: 160 metres

Volume of RCC: 160 m³x10³

Total volume: 160 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
0.30	Traditional concrete against formwork

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)
90
100

Pozzolan (kg/m³)	Pozzolan Type
0	No pozzolan used
0

Wala Dam Raise

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Country: Jordan

Owner: Jordan Valley Authority, Ministry of Water and Irrigation

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Groundwater Recharge

River: Wala

Reservoir capacity: 26 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 09/17

Start of RCC: 09/17

End of RCC: 10/19

End of Project: 07/20

Specifications

Height: 67 metres

Length: 300 metres

Volume of RCC: 80 m³x10³

Total volume: 82 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
0.30	Traditional concrete against formwork

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)
98

Pozzolan (kg/m³)	Pozzolan Type
52	Natural pozzolan (ASTM Class N)

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