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Dimensions: Height: 26 metres

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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Name	Country	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)
Ain al Koreima	Morocco	I	Akreuch	1	06/87	09/87	02/88	03/88	26	124	17	20	0.20	(5)*	0.20 0.75	(5) (17)	0.60	(1)*	350	350	70 140	30 60	(S)
Riou	France	H I R	Riou	1	01/90	06/90	07/90	03/91	26	308	41	46	V	(2)	0.60	(14)*	0.60	(14)*	300	300		120	(R)
Caraibas - CEMIG	Brazil	F I	Caraibas	10	04/90	07/90	09/90	02/91	26	160	18	22	0.10	(1)	0.80	(3)*	0.80	(1)*	300	300	70	20	(N)
Kroombit	Australia	G I	Kroombit Creek	13	03/92	06/92	10/92	12/92	26	250	84	110	V	(1)	0.70	(1)	0.70	(1)	300	300	82	107	(F)
Burton Gorge	Australia	W	Isaac	20	07/92	09/92	11/92	12/92	26	285	64	68	V 1.00	(8) (17)	0.80 1.00	(3)* (17)	0.80	(13)*	300	300	85	0	(-) -
Pak Mun	Thailand	H	Mun		04/91	12/93	03/94	06/94	26	323	48	50	V V	(13) (15)	V 0.80	(13) (15)	separate		300	300	58	124	(F)
Cova da Mandioca	Brazil	I W	Cova da Mandioca	126	01/93	09/93	12/94	12/94	26	360	75	79	V	(1)	0.75	(3)*	0.75	(1)*	400	400	64	16	(-) -
Rio da Prata	Brazil	W	Da Prata	42	- /92	09/93	12/94	- /95	26	405	61	75							300	300	80	0	(-) -
Passagem de Trairas	Brazil	R W	Seridó	50	- /93	- /94	- /95	- /96	26	458	27	28									64	16	(N)
Ponto Novo	Brazil	I W	Itapicuru-açu	39	05/98	07/98	12/99	02/00	26	266	90	105		(1)		(3)*		(1)	300	300	72	18	(N)
North Fork Hughes River	USA	F R W	North Fork Hughes River	1480	07/99	03/01	07/01	- /01	26	200	65	65	V	(8)	0.80	(10)	0.80	(1)	300	300	59 107	59 65	(F)
Estreito	Brazil	F I R W	Curimatá	24	- /97	- /00	- /01	11/02	26	300	12	14							300	300	64	16	(N)
Big Cherry	USA	W	South Fork, Powell River	2	04/04	09/04	01/05	07/05	26	113	11	12							300	300	82	82	(F)
Pine Brook	USA	W		1	01/05	10/05	04/06	- /06	26	170	27	30	V	(7)		(17)	separate		300	300	95	59	(F)
Pipoca	Brazil	H	Santo Antonio	8	- /08	- /09	- /10	- /11	26
Ingazeira (formerly San Antonio)	Brazil	W	Pajeú	49	- /08	- /09	- /10	- /11	26	566	64	92
Boa Sorte	Brazil	H	Tijucas	18	- /07	- /09	- /11	- /12	26
Boa Fé	Brazil	H	Carrero		- /10	- /10	- /11	- /11	26	198	32	58
Dry Comal Creek	USA	F	Dry Comal Creek	4	10/11	03/12	08/12	12/12	26	457	62	67	V	()	0.80	()*	0.80	()	300	300	60	100	(C)
Juba IV	Brazil	H	Juba	7	- /15	- /15	- /15	- /15	26	570
Rkiza	Morocco	F I W		17	- /13	- /15	- /16	- /17	26	500	55	60	V	(5)	0.85	(1)*	0.85	(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.

Ain al Koreima

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Country: Morocco

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Irrigation

River: Akreuch

Reservoir capacity: 1 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 06/87

Start of RCC: 06/87

End of RCC: 02/88

End of Project: 03/88

Specifications

Height: 26 metres

Length: 124 metres

Volume of RCC: 17 m³x10³

Total volume: 20 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

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

Downstream

Slope	Type
0.20	Traditional concrete against precast concrete panels
0.75	Unformed face of RCC

Spillway

Slope	Type
0.60	Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face]

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
350	350

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
70
140

Pozzolan (kg/m³)	Pozzolan Type
30	Ground-granulated blast-furnace slag
60

Riou

Full Dam Information

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Country: France

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower / Irrigation / Recreation

River: Riou

Reservoir capacity: 1 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 01/90

Start of RCC: 01/90

End of RCC: 07/90

End of Project: 03/91

Specifications

Height: 26 metres

Length: 308 metres

Volume of RCC: 41 m³x10³

Total volume: 46 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
Vertical	Traditional concrete against formwork with external geomembrane

Downstream

Slope	Type
0.60	Slip-formed/extruded facing elements [stepped face]

Spillway

Slope	Type
0.60	Slip-formed/extruded facing elements [stepped face]

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)

Caraibas - CEMIG

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Details

Country: Brazil

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Flood Control / Irrigation

River: Caraibas

Reservoir capacity: 10 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 04/90

Start of RCC: 04/90

End of RCC: 09/90

End of Project: 02/91

Specifications

Height: 26 metres

Length: 160 metres

Volume of RCC: 18 m³x10³

Total volume: 22 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
0.10	Traditional concrete against formwork

Downstream

Slope	Type
0.80	RCC 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)
70

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

Kroombit

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Country: Australia

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Groundwater Recharge / Irrigation

River: Kroombit Creek

Reservoir capacity: 13 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 03/92

Start of RCC: 03/92

End of RCC: 10/92

End of Project: 12/92

Specifications

Height: 26 metres

Length: 250 metres

Volume of RCC: 84 m³x10³

Total volume: 110 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
Vertical	Traditional concrete against formwork

Downstream

Slope	Type
0.70	Traditional concrete against formwork

Spillway

Slope	Type
0.70	Traditional concrete against formwork

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
300	300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
82

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

Burton Gorge

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Country: Australia

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Water Supply

River: Isaac

Reservoir capacity: 20 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 07/92

Start of RCC: 07/92

End of RCC: 11/92

End of Project: 12/92

Specifications

Height: 26 metres

Length: 285 metres

Volume of RCC: 64 m³x10³

Total volume: 68 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
Vertical	RCC against precast concrete panels with geomembrane
1.00	Unformed face of RCC

Downstream

Slope	Type
0.80	RCC against formwork [stepped face]
1.00	Unformed face of RCC

Spillway

Slope	Type
0.80	Reinforced concrete cast against precast units or slip-formed facing elements [stepped face]

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
300	300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
85

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

Pak Mun

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Details

Country: Thailand

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower

River: Mun

Reservoir capacity: -

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 04/91

Start of RCC: 04/91

End of RCC: 03/94

End of Project: 06/94

Specifications

Height: 26 metres

Length: 323 metres

Volume of RCC: 48 m³x10³

Total volume: 50 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
Vertical	Reinforced concrete cast against precast units or slip-formed facing elements
Vertical	RCC supported by fill shoulders

Downstream

Slope	Type
Vertical	Reinforced concrete cast against precast units or slip-formed facing elements
0.80	RCC supported by fill shoulders

Spillway

Slope	Type
separate

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
300	300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
58

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

Cova da Mandioca

Full Dam Information

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Country: Brazil

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Irrigation / Water Supply

River: Cova da Mandioca

Reservoir capacity: 126 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 01/93

Start of RCC: 01/93

End of RCC: 12/94

End of Project: 12/94

Specifications

Height: 26 metres

Length: 360 metres

Volume of RCC: 75 m³x10³

Total volume: 79 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
Vertical	Traditional concrete against formwork

Downstream

Slope	Type
0.75	RCC against formwork [stepped face]

Spillway

Slope	Type
0.75	Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face]

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
400	400

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
64

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

Rio da Prata

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Country: Brazil

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Water Supply

River: Da Prata

Reservoir capacity: 42 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: -/92

Start of RCC: -/92

End of RCC: 12/94

End of Project: -/95

Specifications

Height: 26 metres

Length: 405 metres

Volume of RCC: 61 m³x10³

Total volume: 75 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type

Downstream

Slope	Type
	[stepped face]

Spillway

Slope	Type
	[stepped face]

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
300	300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
80

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

Passagem de Trairas

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Country: Brazil

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Recreation / Water Supply

River: Seridó

Reservoir capacity: 50 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: -/93

Start of RCC: -/93

End of RCC: -/95

End of Project: -/96

Specifications

Height: 26 metres

Length: 458 metres

Volume of RCC: 27 m³x10³

Total volume: 28 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type

Downstream

Slope	Type

Spillway

Slope	Type

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
64

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

Ponto Novo

Full Dam Information

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

Slope	Type
	Traditional concrete against formwork

Downstream

Slope	Type
	RCC against formwork [stepped face]

Spillway

Slope	Type
	Traditional concrete against formwork

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
300	300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
72

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

North Fork Hughes River

Full Dam Information

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Country: USA

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Flood Control / Recreation / Water Supply

River: North Fork Hughes River

Reservoir capacity: 1480 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 07/99

Start of RCC: 07/99

End of RCC: 07/01

End of Project: -/01

Specifications

Height: 26 metres

Length: 200 metres

Volume of RCC: 65 m³x10³

Total volume: 65 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
Vertical	RCC against precast concrete panels with geomembrane

Downstream

Slope	Type
0.80	RCC against precast concrete blocks

Spillway

Slope	Type
0.80	Traditional concrete against formwork

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
300	300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
59
107

Pozzolan (kg/m³)	Pozzolan Type
59	Low-lime flyash (ASTM Class F)
65

Estreito

Full Dam Information

Details

Country: Brazil

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Flood Control / Irrigation / Recreation / Water Supply

River: Curimatá

Reservoir capacity: 24 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: -/97

Start of RCC: -/97

End of RCC: -/01

End of Project: 11/02

Specifications

Height: 26 metres

Length: 300 metres

Volume of RCC: 12 m³x10³

Total volume: 14 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type

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	Natural pozzolan (ASTM Class N)

Big Cherry

Full Dam Information

Details

Country: USA

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Water Supply

River: South Fork, Powell River

Reservoir capacity: 2 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 04/04

Start of RCC: 04/04

End of RCC: 01/05

End of Project: 07/05

Specifications

Height: 26 metres

Length: 113 metres

Volume of RCC: 11 m³x10³

Total volume: 12 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type

Downstream

Slope	Type

Spillway

Slope	Type

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
300	300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
82

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

Pine Brook

Full Dam Information

Details

Country: USA

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Water Supply

River: -

Reservoir capacity: 1 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 01/05

Start of RCC: 01/05

End of RCC: 04/06

End of Project: -/06

Specifications

Height: 26 metres

Length: 170 metres

Volume of RCC: 27 m³x10³

Total volume: 30 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
Vertical	RCC against precast concrete panels

Downstream

Slope	Type
	Unformed face of RCC

Spillway

Slope	Type
separate

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
300	300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
95

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

Pipoca

Full Dam Information

Details

Country: Brazil

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower

River: Santo Antonio

Reservoir capacity: 8 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: -/08

Start of RCC: -/08

End of RCC: -/10

End of Project: -/11

Specifications

Height: 26 metres

Length: -

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

Ingazeira (formerly San Antonio)

Full Dam Information

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Country: Brazil

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Water Supply

River: Pajeú

Reservoir capacity: 49 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: -/08

Start of RCC: -/08

End of RCC: -/10

End of Project: -/11

Specifications

Height: 26 metres

Length: 566 metres

Volume of RCC: 64 m³x10³

Total volume: 92 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

Ingazeira (formerly San Antonio) under construction

Boa Sorte

Full Dam Information

Details

Country: Brazil

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower

River: Tijucas

Reservoir capacity: 18 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: -/07

Start of RCC: -/07

End of RCC: -/11

End of Project: -/12

Specifications

Height: 26 metres

Length: -

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

Boa Fé

Full Dam Information

Details

Country: Brazil

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower

River: Carrero

Reservoir capacity: -

Construction Dates

Start of Project: -/10

Start of RCC: -/10

End of RCC: -/11

End of Project: -/11

Specifications

Height: 26 metres

Length: 198 metres

Volume of RCC: 32 m³x10³

Total volume: 58 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

Dry Comal Creek

Full Dam Information

Details

Country: USA

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Flood Control

River: Dry Comal Creek

Reservoir capacity: 4 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 10/11

Start of RCC: 10/11

End of RCC: 08/12

End of Project: 12/12

Specifications

Height: 26 metres

Length: 457 metres

Volume of RCC: 62 m³x10³

Total volume: 67 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
Vertical

Downstream

Slope	Type
0.80	[stepped face]

Spillway

Slope	Type
0.80

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
300	300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
60

Pozzolan (kg/m³)	Pozzolan Type
100	High-lime flyash (ASTM Class C)

Juba IV

Full Dam Information

Details

Country: Brazil

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower

River: Juba

Reservoir capacity: 7 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: -/15

Start of RCC: -/15

End of RCC: -/15

End of Project: -/15

Specifications

Height: 26 metres

Length: 570 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

Rkiza

Full Dam Information

Details

Country: Morocco

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Flood Control / Irrigation / Water Supply

River: -

Reservoir capacity: 17 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: -/13

Start of RCC: -/13

End of RCC: -/16

End of Project: -/17

Specifications

Height: 26 metres

Length: 500 metres

Volume of RCC: 55 m³x10³

Total volume: 60 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
Vertical	Traditional concrete against precast concrete panels

Downstream

Slope	Type
0.85	Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face]

Spillway

Slope	Type
0.85	Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face]

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)

Pozzolan (kg/m³)	Pozzolan Type

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