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Dimensions: Height: 48 metres

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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)
Monksville	USA	W	Wanaque	27	05/85	03/86	08/86	11/86	48	670	219	232	V	(1)	V 0.78	(1) (17)	0.78	(1)*	300	300	64	0	(-) -
Petit Saut	French Guyana	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)
Miyatoko	Japan	F W	Miyatoko	5	06/89	06/90	12/93	01/97	48	256	172	280	0.60	(1)	0.80	(1)	0.80	(1)	180	500	96	24	(F)
Wenquanbao [A]	China	F H I W	Tanghe	7	10/91	10/92	06/94	- /95	48	188	55	63	V	(4)	0.30	(3)	ogee	(13)	300	300	110 69	68 85	(F)
San Rafael	Mexico	F H	Santiago	26	11/93	05/94	07/94	07/94	48	176	81	110	V	(5)	0.66 0.80	(3)*	separate		300	300	90	130	(N)
Peñas Blancas	Costa Rica	H	Peñas Blancas	2	04/00	07/01	01/02	07/02	48	211	120	170	V	(1)	0.80	(1)*	0.80	(12)	300	300	90	35	(N)
Castro Alves	Brazil	H	Das Antas	127	- /05	- /06	- /07	02/08	48	350	240	322	V		1.30		1.30				60	15	(N)
Poço Marrua	Brazil	I W	Parnaiba	293	- /07	- /08	- /09	- /10	48	870	293	306
Wyaralong	Australia	W	Teviot Brook	1	09/09	04/10	12/10	06/11	48	464	173			(1)		(1)		(1)	300	300	85	85	(F)
Balkusan	Turkey	H	Balkusan	15	- /09	- /10	- /11	- /12	48	189	60	76	V	(1)	0.75	(1)*	0.75	(12)	300	1200	75	50
Chucas	Costa Rica	H	Tárcoles	450	- /11	- /14	- /16	- /17	48	130	180	200	0.20		0.75		0.75		300	2500	95	96	(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.

Monksville

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Country: USA

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Water Supply

River: Wanaque

Reservoir capacity: 27 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 05/85

Start of RCC: 05/85

End of RCC: 08/86

End of Project: 11/86

Specifications

Height: 48 metres

Length: 670 metres

Volume of RCC: 219 m³x10³

Total volume: 232 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
Vertical	Traditional concrete against formwork

Downstream

Slope	Type
Vertical	Traditional concrete against formwork
0.78	Unformed face of RCC

Spillway

Slope	Type
0.78	Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face]

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
300	300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
64

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

Petit Saut

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Country: French Guyana

Owner: -

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)

Miyatoko

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Country: Japan

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Flood Control / Water Supply

River: Miyatoko

Reservoir capacity: 5 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 06/89

Start of RCC: 06/89

End of RCC: 12/93

End of Project: 01/97

Specifications

Height: 48 metres

Length: 256 metres

Volume of RCC: 172 m³x10³

Total volume: 280 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
0.60	Traditional concrete against formwork

Downstream

Slope	Type
0.80	Traditional concrete against formwork

Spillway

Slope	Type
0.80	Traditional concrete against formwork

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
180	500

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
96

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

Wenquanbao

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Country: China

Owner: -

Type: Thin Arch

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

River: Tanghe

Reservoir capacity: 7 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 10/91

Start of RCC: 10/91

End of RCC: 06/94

End of Project: -/95

Specifications

Height: 48 metres

Length: 188 metres

Volume of RCC: 55 m³x10³

Total volume: 63 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
Vertical	RCC against formwork with external geomembrane

Downstream

Slope	Type
0.30	RCC against formwork

Spillway

Slope	Type
ogee	Reinforced concrete cast against precast units or slip-formed facing elements

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
300	300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
110
69

Pozzolan (kg/m³)	Pozzolan Type
68	Low-lime flyash (ASTM Class F)
85

San Rafael

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Country: Mexico

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Flood Control / Hydropower

River: Santiago

Reservoir capacity: 26 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 11/93

Start of RCC: 11/93

End of RCC: 07/94

End of Project: 07/94

Specifications

Height: 48 metres

Length: 176 metres

Volume of RCC: 81 m³x10³

Total volume: 110 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
Vertical	Traditional concrete against precast concrete panels

Downstream

Slope	Type
0.66	RCC against formwork [stepped face]
0.80

Spillway

Slope	Type
separate

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
300	300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
90

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

Peñas Blancas

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Country: Costa Rica

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower

River: Peñas Blancas

Reservoir capacity: 2 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 04/00

Start of RCC: 04/00

End of RCC: 01/02

End of Project: 07/02

Specifications

Height: 48 metres

Length: 211 metres

Volume of RCC: 120 m³x10³

Total volume: 170 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
Vertical	Traditional concrete against formwork

Downstream

Slope	Type
0.80	Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face]

Spillway

Slope	Type
0.80	Reinforced conventional concrete cast after RCC placement

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
300	300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
90

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

Castro Alves

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Country: Brazil

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower

River: Das Antas

Reservoir capacity: 127 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: -/05

Start of RCC: -/05

End of RCC: -/07

End of Project: 02/08

Specifications

Height: 48 metres

Length: 350 metres

Volume of RCC: 240 m³x10³

Total volume: 322 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
Vertical

Downstream

Slope	Type
1.30

Spillway

Slope	Type
1.30

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
60

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

Poço Marrua

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Country: Brazil

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Irrigation / Water Supply

River: Parnaiba

Reservoir capacity: 293 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: -/07

Start of RCC: -/07

End of RCC: -/09

End of Project: -/10

Specifications

Height: 48 metres

Length: 870 metres

Volume of RCC: 293 m³x10³

Total volume: 306 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

Wyaralong

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Country: Australia

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Water Supply

River: Teviot Brook

Reservoir capacity: 1 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 09/09

Start of RCC: 09/09

End of RCC: 12/10

End of Project: 06/11

Specifications

Height: 48 metres

Length: 464 metres

Volume of RCC: 173 m³x10³

Total volume: -

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
	Traditional concrete against formwork

Downstream

Slope	Type
	Traditional concrete against formwork

Spillway

Slope	Type
	Traditional concrete against formwork

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
300	300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
85

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

Balkusan

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Country: Turkey

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower

River: Balkusan

Reservoir capacity: 15 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: -/09

Start of RCC: -/09

End of RCC: -/11

End of Project: -/12

Specifications

Height: 48 metres

Length: 189 metres

Volume of RCC: 60 m³x10³

Total volume: 76 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
Vertical	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	1200

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
75

Pozzolan (kg/m³)	Pozzolan Type
50

Chucas

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Country: Costa Rica

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower

River: Tárcoles

Reservoir capacity: 450 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: -/11

Start of RCC: -/11

End of RCC: -/16

End of Project: -/17

Specifications

Height: 48 metres

Length: 130 metres

Volume of RCC: 180 m³x10³

Total volume: 200 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
0.20

Downstream

Slope	Type
0.75

Spillway

Slope	Type
0.75

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
300	2500

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
95

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

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