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NameCountryOwnerPurposeRiverReservoir capacity (m3x106)Construction datesDimensionsVolumeFacingsPlacementCementitious material
StartFinishHeightLengthRCCTotalUpstreamDownstreamSpillwayLayersLiftsCementPozzolan
ProjectRCCRCCProject(m)(m)(m3x103)(m3x103)SlopeTypeSlopeTypeSlopeType(m)(m)(kg/m3)(kg/m3)
Ponto NovoBrazilI WItapicuru-açu3905/9807/9812/9902/002626690105 (1) (3)* (1)3003007218(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.

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Details

Country: Brazil

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Irrigation / Water Supply

River: Itapicuru-açu

Reservoir capacity: 39 m3x106

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 05/98

Start of RCC: 05/98

End of RCC: 12/99

End of Project: 02/00

Specifications

Height: 26 metres

Length: 266 metres

Volume of RCC: 90 m3x103

Total volume: 105 m3x103

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
 Traditional concrete against formwork
Downstream
SlopeType
 RCC against formwork  [stepped face]
Spillway
SlopeType
 Traditional concrete against formwork

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
300300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m3)
72
Pozzolan (kg/m3)Pozzolan Type
18Natural pozzolan (ASTM Class N)
  
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