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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)
CanoasBrazilCompanhia de Gestão dos Recursos HídricosI WRiacho da Madeira6907/9308/9405/95- /965111687930.10(1)0.80(10)*0.80(1)*3003006416(N)
JauruBrazilQueiroz Galvão Energética SA (90%) and Cinco Estrelas Agropecuária e Participações Ltda (10%)HJauru20- /00- /01- /02- /0351              
BoussiabaAlgeriaANBT (Agence Nationale des Barrages et Transferts)WBoussiaba12012/0605/0811/0808/0951310160190V(2) (1)* (1)30030011228(F)
Allai KhwarPakistanWAPDA (Water and Power Development Authority) and CTGC (China Three Gorges Corp.)HAllai Khwar 01/05- /09- /1203/135188             
HechuanChinaHJialingjiang11- /12- /14- /16- /1751              
Ouldjet MellegueAlgeriaANBT (Agence Nationale des Barrages et Transfert)I WMellegue15510/11- /13- /17- /1851900245320V(1)0.80(1)0.80(1)3003001100(-)
BalliTurkeyDSI - State Hydraulic WorksHOrtasu6- /08- /14- /18- /2051188144 0.10(1)0.80(1)0.70(3')3003009545(N)
DereçatiTurkeyDSI - State Hydraulic WorksIBüyükdere2- /16- /18- /20- /2151174110            
TersunTurkeyDSI - State Hydraulic WorksITersun9- /16- /20- /25- /2651236205 0.05(1)0.80(1)       

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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: Companhia de Gestão dos Recursos Hídricos

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Irrigation / Water Supply

River: Riacho da Madeira

Reservoir capacity: 69 m3x106

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 07/93

Start of RCC: 07/93

End of RCC: 05/95

End of Project: -/96

Specifications

Height: 51 metres

Length: 116 metres

Volume of RCC: 87 m3x103

Total volume: 93 m3x103

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
0.10Traditional concrete against formwork
Downstream
SlopeType
0.80RCC against precast concrete blocks  [stepped face]
Spillway
SlopeType
0.80Traditional concrete against formwork  [stepped face]

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
300300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m3)
64
Pozzolan (kg/m3)Pozzolan Type
16Natural pozzolan (ASTM Class N)
  
Canoas completed
Canoas completed

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Country: Brazil

Owner: Queiroz Galvão Energética SA (90%) and Cinco Estrelas Agropecuária e Participações Ltda (10%)

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower

River: Jauru

Reservoir capacity: 20 m3x106

Construction Dates

Start of Project: -/00

Start of RCC: -/00

End of RCC: -/02

End of Project: -/03

Specifications

Height: 51 metres

Length: -

Volume of RCC: -

Total volume: -

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
  
Downstream
SlopeType
  
Spillway
SlopeType
  

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
  

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m3)
 
Pozzolan (kg/m3)Pozzolan Type
  
  
Jauru completed
Jauru completed

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Country: Algeria

Owner: ANBT (Agence Nationale des Barrages et Transferts)

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Water Supply

River: Boussiaba

Reservoir capacity: 120 m3x106

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 12/06

Start of RCC: 12/06

End of RCC: 11/08

End of Project: 08/09

Specifications

Height: 51 metres

Length: 310 metres

Volume of RCC: 160 m3x103

Total volume: 190 m3x103

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
VerticalTraditional concrete against formwork with external geomembrane
Downstream
SlopeType
 Traditional concrete against formwork  [stepped face]
Spillway
SlopeType
 Traditional concrete against formwork

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
300300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m3)
112
Pozzolan (kg/m3)Pozzolan Type
28Low-lime flyash (ASTM Class F)
  
Boussiaba on Google Earth
Boussiaba on Google Earth

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Country: Pakistan

Owner: WAPDA (Water and Power Development Authority) and CTGC (China Three Gorges Corp.)

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower

River: Allai Khwar

Reservoir capacity: -

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 01/05

Start of RCC: 01/05

End of RCC: -/12

End of Project: 03/13

Specifications

Height: 51 metres

Length: 88 metres

Volume of RCC: -

Total volume: -

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
  
Downstream
SlopeType
  
Spillway
SlopeType
  

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
  

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m3)
 
Pozzolan (kg/m3)Pozzolan Type
  
  
Allai Khwar completed
Allai Khwar completed

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Country: China

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower

River: Jialingjiang

Reservoir capacity: 11 m3x106

Construction Dates

Start of Project: -/12

Start of RCC: -/12

End of RCC: -/16

End of Project: -/17

Specifications

Height: 51 metres

Length: -

Volume of RCC: -

Total volume: -

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
  
Downstream
SlopeType
  
Spillway
SlopeType
  

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
  

Cementitious material

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

Owner: ANBT (Agence Nationale des Barrages et Transfert)

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Irrigation / Water Supply

River: Mellegue

Reservoir capacity: 155 m3x106

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 10/11

Start of RCC: 10/11

End of RCC: -/17

End of Project: -/18

Specifications

Height: 51 metres

Length: 900 metres

Volume of RCC: 245 m3x103

Total volume: 320 m3x103

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
VerticalTraditional concrete against formwork
Downstream
SlopeType
0.80Traditional concrete against formwork
Spillway
SlopeType
0.80Traditional concrete against formwork

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
300300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m3)
110
Pozzolan (kg/m3)Pozzolan Type
0No pozzolan used
  
Ouldjet Mellegue completed
Ouldjet Mellegue completed

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Country: Turkey

Owner: DSI - State Hydraulic Works

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower

River: Ortasu

Reservoir capacity: 6 m3x106

Construction Dates

Start of Project: -/08

Start of RCC: -/08

End of RCC: -/18

End of Project: -/20

Specifications

Height: 51 metres

Length: 188 metres

Volume of RCC: 144 m3x103

Total volume: -

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
0.10Traditional concrete against formwork
Downstream
SlopeType
0.80Traditional concrete against formwork
Spillway
SlopeType
0.70RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC)

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
300300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m3)
95
Pozzolan (kg/m3)Pozzolan Type
45Natural pozzolan (ASTM Class N)
  
Balli completed
Balli completed

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Country: Turkey

Owner: DSI - State Hydraulic Works

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Irrigation

River: Büyükdere

Reservoir capacity: 2 m3x106

Construction Dates

Start of Project: -/16

Start of RCC: -/16

End of RCC: -/20

End of Project: -/21

Specifications

Height: 51 metres

Length: 174 metres

Volume of RCC: 110 m3x103

Total volume: -

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
  
Downstream
SlopeType
  
Spillway
SlopeType
  

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
  

Cementitious material

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

Owner: DSI - State Hydraulic Works

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Irrigation

River: Tersun

Reservoir capacity: 9 m3x106

Construction Dates

Start of Project: -/16

Start of RCC: -/16

End of RCC: -/25

End of Project: -/26

Specifications

Height: 51 metres

Length: 236 metres

Volume of RCC: 205 m3x103

Total volume: -

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
0.05Traditional concrete against formwork
Downstream
SlopeType
0.80Traditional concrete against formwork
Spillway
SlopeType
  

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
  

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m3)
 
Pozzolan (kg/m3)Pozzolan Type
  
  
Tersun on Google Earth
Tersun on Google Earth

 

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