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Dimensions: Height: 34 metres

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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)
Wriggleswade	South Africa	Department of Water & Sanitation	W	Kubusie	94	07/88	07/89	07/90	12/90	34	737	134	165	V	(1)	V 0.62	(1)*	0.62	(1)*	250	250	44	66	(F)
Belén-Gato	Spain	Junta de Andalucia	F	Belén	1	07/91	09/91	11/91	11/91	34	158	36	41	0.05	(3)	0.75	(3)*	0.75	(3)*	300	300	73	109	(F)
Elmer Thomas - replacement	USA	US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior	R	Little Medicine Creek	10	02/92	01/93	02/93	05/93	34	128	29	34	V	(1)	0.64	(1)	none		300	300	89	89	(F)
Pelo Sinal	Brazil	SUPLAN/RN	W	Taperobá	76	12/91	- /92	- /93	- /94	34	296	69	89		(1)					300	300	64	16	(-)
Bailongtan	China	Guangxi-Guiguang Electric Power Development Co. Ltd.	H I N	Hongshuihe	340	02/93	10/95	04/96	08/97	34	710	62	80	V	(1)	0.70	(10)*	0.70	(5)*	300	300	73 99	110 60	(F)
Pedro Moura Junior (formerly Belo Jardim)	Brazil	COMPESA (Companhia Pernambucana de Saneamento)	W	Ipojuca (Gravata)	37	05/95	09/96	- /97	- /98	34	470	113	125		(1)		(1)*		(1)*	300	300	64	16	(N)
Kengxiashan [A]	China	Wencheng County Kengxiashan Hydropower Development Co. Ltd.	H	Yuquanxi	1	- /96	- /97	- /98	- /98	34	80
Karkheh (Pie Pol)	Iran	Khuzestan Water & Energy Authority	F H	Karkeh	40	02/98	07/99	07/00	- /01	34	350	130	270		(12)		(12)	ogee	(12)	300	300	97	33	(-)
Nankengyuan [A]	China	Jiangning Nankengyuan Hydropower Development Co. Ltd.	H	Xiaoxihe	1	- /98	- /00	- /02	- /03	34	114
Serra Preta	Brazil	EMBASA (Empresa Baiana de Aguas e Saneamento S/A)	W	Gaviãozinho	5	- /05	- /05	- /07	- /08	34	154	44	51	V		0.80		0.80				80	20	(N)
Engenheiro Henrique Kotzian	Brazil	BME Energia SA	H	Ivaí	9	- /06	- /07	- /08	04/09	34	228	58	76
El Platanal (formerly Capillucas)	Peru	Cementos Lima S.A.	H	Canete	5	01/07	10/08	04/09	10/09	34	60	75	75	0.375	(3')	0.75	(3')*			300	300	65	90	(N)
Dr Victor Baptista Adami (formerly Passos Maia)	Brazil	Passos Maia Energética S.A. (Statkraft, Adami & Madeiras)	H	Chapecó	14	- /09	- /10	- /11	09/12	34		66										72	18	(N)
Barra das Águas	Brazil	PCH Águas do Rio Irani Energética SPE Ltda.	H	Irani	11	- /17	04/18	07/19	- /20	34	235

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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.

Wriggleswade

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Country: South Africa

Owner: Department of Water & Sanitation

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Water Supply

River: Kubusie

Reservoir capacity: 94 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 07/88

Start of RCC: 07/88

End of RCC: 07/90

End of Project: 12/90

Specifications

Height: 34 metres

Length: 737 metres

Volume of RCC: 134 m³x10³

Total volume: 165 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
Vertical	Traditional concrete against formwork

Downstream

Slope	Type
Vertical	Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face]
0.62

Spillway

Slope	Type
0.62	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)

Belén-Gato

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Country: Spain

Owner: Junta de Andalucia

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Flood Control

River: Belén

Reservoir capacity: 1 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 07/91

Start of RCC: 07/91

End of RCC: 11/91

End of Project: 11/91

Specifications

Height: 34 metres

Length: 158 metres

Volume of RCC: 36 m³x10³

Total volume: 41 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
0.05	RCC against formwork

Downstream

Slope	Type
0.75	RCC against formwork [stepped face]

Spillway

Slope	Type
0.75	RCC against formwork [stepped face]

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
300	300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
73

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

Elmer Thomas - replacement

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Country: USA

Owner: US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Recreation

River: Little Medicine Creek

Reservoir capacity: 10 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 02/92

Start of RCC: 02/92

End of RCC: 02/93

End of Project: 05/93

Specifications

Height: 34 metres

Length: 128 metres

Volume of RCC: 29 m³x10³

Total volume: 34 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
Vertical	Traditional concrete against formwork

Downstream

Slope	Type
0.64	Traditional concrete against formwork

Spillway

Slope	Type
none

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
300	300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
89

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

Pelo Sinal

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Country: Brazil

Owner: SUPLAN/RN

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Water Supply

River: Taperobá

Reservoir capacity: 76 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 12/91

Start of RCC: 12/91

End of RCC: -/93

End of Project: -/94

Specifications

Height: 34 metres

Length: 296 metres

Volume of RCC: 69 m³x10³

Total volume: 89 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
	Traditional concrete against formwork

Downstream

Slope	Type

Spillway

Slope	Type

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
300	300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
64

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

Bailongtan

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Country: China

Owner: Guangxi-Guiguang Electric Power Development Co. Ltd.

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower / Irrigation / Navigation

River: Hongshuihe

Reservoir capacity: 340 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 02/93

Start of RCC: 02/93

End of RCC: 04/96

End of Project: 08/97

Specifications

Height: 34 metres

Length: 710 metres

Volume of RCC: 62 m³x10³

Total volume: 80 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
Vertical	Traditional concrete against formwork

Downstream

Slope	Type
0.70	RCC against precast concrete blocks [stepped face]

Spillway

Slope	Type
0.70	Traditional concrete against precast concrete panels [stepped face]

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
300	300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
73
99

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

Pedro Moura Junior (formerly Belo Jardim)

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Country: Brazil

Owner: COMPESA (Companhia Pernambucana de Saneamento)

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Water Supply

River: Ipojuca (Gravata)

Reservoir capacity: 37 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 05/95

Start of RCC: 05/95

End of RCC: -/97

End of Project: -/98

Specifications

Height: 34 metres

Length: 470 metres

Volume of RCC: 113 m³x10³

Total volume: 125 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)
64

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

Pedro Moura Junior (formerly Belo Jardim) completed

Kengxiashan

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Country: China

Owner: Wencheng County Kengxiashan Hydropower Development Co. Ltd.

Type: Thin Arch

Purpose(s): Hydropower

River: Yuquanxi

Reservoir capacity: 1 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: -/96

Start of RCC: -/96

End of RCC: -/98

End of Project: -/98

Specifications

Height: 34 metres

Length: 80 metres

Volume of RCC: -

Total volume: -

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type

Downstream

Slope	Type

Spillway

Slope	Type

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)

Pozzolan (kg/m³)	Pozzolan Type

Karkheh (Pie Pol)

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Country: Iran

Owner: Khuzestan Water & Energy Authority

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Flood Control / Hydropower

River: Karkeh

Reservoir capacity: 40 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 02/98

Start of RCC: 02/98

End of RCC: 07/00

End of Project: -/01

Specifications

Height: 34 metres

Length: 350 metres

Volume of RCC: 130 m³x10³

Total volume: 270 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
	Reinforced conventional concrete cast after RCC placement

Downstream

Slope	Type
	Reinforced conventional concrete cast after RCC placement

Spillway

Slope	Type
ogee	Reinforced conventional concrete cast after RCC placement

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
300	300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
97

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

Nankengyuan

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Country: China

Owner: Jiangning Nankengyuan Hydropower Development Co. Ltd.

Type: Thin Arch

Purpose(s): Hydropower

River: Xiaoxihe

Reservoir capacity: 1 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: -/98

Start of RCC: -/98

End of RCC: -/02

End of Project: -/03

Specifications

Height: 34 metres

Length: 114 metres

Volume of RCC: -

Total volume: -

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type

Downstream

Slope	Type

Spillway

Slope	Type

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)

Pozzolan (kg/m³)	Pozzolan Type

Serra Preta

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Country: Brazil

Owner: EMBASA (Empresa Baiana de Aguas e Saneamento S/A)

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Water Supply

River: Gaviãozinho

Reservoir capacity: 5 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: -/05

Start of RCC: -/05

End of RCC: -/07

End of Project: -/08

Specifications

Height: 34 metres

Length: 154 metres

Volume of RCC: 44 m³x10³

Total volume: 51 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
Vertical

Downstream

Slope	Type
0.80

Spillway

Slope	Type
0.80

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
80

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

Engenheiro Henrique Kotzian

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Country: Brazil

Owner: BME Energia SA

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower

River: Ivaí

Reservoir capacity: 9 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: -/06

Start of RCC: -/06

End of RCC: -/08

End of Project: 04/09

Specifications

Height: 34 metres

Length: 228 metres

Volume of RCC: 58 m³x10³

Total volume: 76 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type

Downstream

Slope	Type

Spillway

Slope	Type

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)

Pozzolan (kg/m³)	Pozzolan Type

El Platanal (formerly Capillucas)

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Country: Peru

Owner: Cementos Lima S.A.

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower

River: Canete

Reservoir capacity: 5 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 01/07

Start of RCC: 01/07

End of RCC: 04/09

End of Project: 10/09

Specifications

Height: 34 metres

Length: 60 metres

Volume of RCC: 75 m³x10³

Total volume: 75 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
0.375	RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC)

Downstream

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

Spillway

Slope	Type

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
300	300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
65

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

El Platanal (formerly Capillucas) completed

Dr Victor Baptista Adami (formerly Passos Maia)

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Country: Brazil

Owner: Passos Maia Energética S.A. (Statkraft, Adami & Madeiras)

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower

River: Chapecó

Reservoir capacity: 14 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: -/09

Start of RCC: -/09

End of RCC: -/11

End of Project: 09/12

Specifications

Height: 34 metres

Length: -

Volume of RCC: 66 m³x10³

Total volume: -

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type

Downstream

Slope	Type

Spillway

Slope	Type

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
72

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

Barra das Águas

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Country: Brazil

Owner: PCH Águas do Rio Irani Energética SPE Ltda.

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower

River: Irani

Reservoir capacity: 11 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: -/17

Start of RCC: -/17

End of RCC: 07/19

End of Project: -/20

Specifications

Height: 34 metres

Length: 235 metres

Volume of RCC: -

Total volume: -

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type

Downstream

Slope	Type

Spillway

Slope	Type

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)

Pozzolan (kg/m³)	Pozzolan Type

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