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River: Picuí

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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)
Várzea Grande	Brazil	W	Picuí	21	10/93	10/94	10/94	- /95	31	135	27	28		(1)		(3)*			300	300	56	14	(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.

Várzea Grande

Full Dam Information

Details

Country: Brazil

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Water Supply

River: Picuí

Reservoir capacity: 21 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 10/93

Start of RCC: 10/93

End of RCC: 10/94

End of Project: -/95

Specifications

Height: 31 metres

Length: 135 metres

Volume of RCC: 27 m³x10³

Total volume: 28 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
	Traditional concrete against formwork

Downstream

Slope	Type
	RCC against formwork [stepped face]

Spillway

Slope	Type

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
300	300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
56

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