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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 table below.

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NameCountryOwnerPurposeRiverReservoir capacity (m3x106)Construction datesDimensionsVolumeFacingsPlacementCementitious material
StartFinishHeightLengthRCCTotalUpstreamDownstreamSpillwayLayersLiftsCementPozzolan
ProjectRCCRCCProject(m)(m)(m3x103)(m3x103)SlopeTypeSlopeTypeSlopeType(m)(m)(kg/m3)(kg/m3)
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Project (GERDP)EthiopiaHBlue Nile7400012/1005/13- /22- /24160179010100105000.22(3')1.00(3')*1.00(3')*40040067 to  10523 to  35(N)

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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: Ethiopia

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower

River: Blue Nile

Reservoir capacity: 74000 m3x106

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 12/10

Start of RCC: 12/10

End of RCC: -/22

End of Project: -/24

Specifications

Height: 160 metres

Length: 1790 metres

Volume of RCC: 10100 m3x103

Total volume: 10500 m3x103

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
0.22RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC)
Downstream
SlopeType
1.00RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC)  [stepped face]
Spillway
SlopeType
1.00RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC)  [stepped face]

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
400400

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m3)
67  to
Pozzolan (kg/m3)Pozzolan Type
23  toNatural pozzolan (ASTM Class N)
  
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Project (GERDP) completed
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Project (GERDP) completed

 

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