Metolong
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Metolong completed
Particulars
Owner: unknown
Designer: JV Arcus Gibb and Consolidated Consultants for Engineering and Environment
Contractor: SinoHydro Co. Ltd.
Statistics
Type: Gravity
Purpose(s): Water Supply
Reservoir capacity: 64 m3x106
Height: 83 metres
Length: 278 metres
Volume of RCC: 280 m3x103
Total volume: 314 m3x103
Construction Dates
Start of Project: 09/11 (September 2011)
Start of RCC: 08/13 (August 2013)
End of RCC: 11/14 (November 2014)
End of Project: 04/15 (April 2015)
Country: Lesotho
River: South Phuthiatsana
DMS Co-ordinates: 29˚20'8.40"S, 27˚46'38.25"E
DD Co-ordinates: -29.335667, 27.777292
Facings
Upstream
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC) |
Downstream
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC) |
Spillway
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC) |
Placement
| Layers (mm) | Lifts (mm) |
|---|---|
| 300 | 300 |
Cementitious material
| Cement (kg/m3) |
|---|
| 60 |
| Pozzolan (kg/m3) | Pozzolan Type |
|---|---|
| 145 | Low-lime flyash (ASTM Class F) |
