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Reservoir Capacity: 450 m³x10⁶

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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)
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.

Chucas

Full Dam Information

Details

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)