El Chaparral
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Particulars
Owner: Comisión Ejecutiva Hidroeléctrica del Rio Lempa (CEL)
Designer: Intertechne Consultores Associados
Contractor: Astaldi (contract terminated) and Cartelone (Argentina)
Statistics
Type: Hardfill
Purpose(s): Hydropower
Reservoir capacity: unknown
Height: 88 metres
Length: 321 metres
Volume of RCC: 375 m3x103
Total volume: 450 m3x103
Construction Dates
Start of Project: —/09 (— 2009)
Start of RCC: —/18 (— 2018)
End of RCC: —/19 (— 2019)
End of Project: 07/20 (July 2020)
Country: El Salvador
River: Torola
DMS Co-ordinates: 13˚51'58"N, 88˚21'10"W
DD Co-ordinates: 13.866111, -88.352776
Facings
Upstream
Slope | Type |
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RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC) [stepped face] |
Downstream
Slope | Type |
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RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC) [stepped face] |
Spillway
Slope | Type |
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RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC) [stepped face] |
Placement
Layers (mm) | Lifts (mm) |
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Cementitious material
Cement (kg/m3) |
---|
60 |
Pozzolan (kg/m3) | Pozzolan Type |
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0 | No pozzolan used - |