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- Volume of RCC: 250 m3x103
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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) | |||||||
| Petit Saut | French Guyana | Electricité de France | H | Sinnamary | 3500 | 07/89 | 07/92 | 02/93 | 05/94 | 48 | 740 | 250 | 410 | V | (11) | V 0.80 | (7) (16) | 0.80 | (13) | 300 | 300 | 120 | (R) | |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Cerro del Águila | Peru | IC Power | H | Mantaro | 37 | 11/12 | 08/14 | 06/15 | - /16 | 89 | 270 | 250 | 450 | 0.10 | (1) | 0.75 | (1)* | 0.75 | (12) | 300 | 600 | 115 | 23 | |
| Bouzina | Algeria | ANBT (Agence Nationale des Barrages et Transferts) | I W | 18 | - /14 | 02/18 | 07/19 | 01/23 | 77 | 177 | 250 | 330 | V | (1) | 0.89 | (1)* | 0.89 | (12) | 300 | 300 | 110 77 | 0 33 | (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.
Details
Country: French Guyana
Owner: Electricité de France
Type: Gravity
Purpose(s): Hydropower
River: Sinnamary
Reservoir capacity: 3500 m3x106
Construction Dates
Start of Project: 07/89
Start of RCC: 07/89
End of RCC: 02/93
End of Project: 05/94
Specifications
Height: 48 metres
Length: 740 metres
Volume of RCC: 250 m3x103
Total volume: 410 m3x103
Construction Methods
Facings
Upstream
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| Vertical | Reinforced conventional concrete cast before RCC placement |
Downstream
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| Vertical | RCC against precast concrete panels |
| 0.80 | Mechanically compacted unformed face of RCC |
Spillway
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| 0.80 | Reinforced concrete cast against precast units or slip-formed facing elements |
Placement
| Layers (mm) | Lifts (mm) |
|---|---|
| 300 | 300 |
Cementitious material
| Cement (kg/m3) |
|---|
| Pozzolan (kg/m3) | Pozzolan Type |
|---|---|
| 120 | ROLAC (mixture of flyash and slag with or without limestone fines) |

Details
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: 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 |

Details
Country: Peru
Owner: IC Power
Type: Gravity
Purpose(s): Hydropower
River: Mantaro
Reservoir capacity: 37 m3x106
Construction Dates
Start of Project: 11/12
Start of RCC: 11/12
End of RCC: 06/15
End of Project: -/16
Specifications
Height: 89 metres
Length: 270 metres
Volume of RCC: 250 m3x103
Total volume: 450 m3x103
Construction Methods
Facings
Upstream
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| 0.10 | Traditional concrete against formwork |
Downstream
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| 0.75 | Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face] |
Spillway
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| 0.75 | Reinforced conventional concrete cast after RCC placement |
Placement
| Layers (mm) | Lifts (mm) |
|---|---|
| 300 | 600 |
Cementitious material
| Cement (kg/m3) |
|---|
| 115 |
| Pozzolan (kg/m3) | Pozzolan Type |
|---|---|
| 23 | |

Details
Country: Algeria
Owner: ANBT (Agence Nationale des Barrages et Transferts)
Type: Gravity
Purpose(s): Irrigation / Water Supply
River: -
Reservoir capacity: 18 m3x106
Construction Dates
Start of Project: -/14
Start of RCC: -/14
End of RCC: 07/19
End of Project: 01/23
Specifications
Height: 77 metres
Length: 177 metres
Volume of RCC: 250 m3x103
Total volume: 330 m3x103
Construction Methods
Facings
Upstream
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| Vertical | Traditional concrete against formwork |
Downstream
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| 0.89 | Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face] |
Spillway
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| 0.89 | Reinforced conventional concrete cast after RCC placement |
Placement
| Layers (mm) | Lifts (mm) |
|---|---|
| 300 | 300 |
Cementitious material
| Cement (kg/m3) |
|---|
| 110 |
| 77 |
| Pozzolan (kg/m3) | Pozzolan Type |
|---|---|
| 0 | Low-lime flyash (ASTM Class F) |
| 33 |

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