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NameCountryOwnerPurposeRiverReservoir capacity (m3x106)Construction datesDimensionsVolumeFacingsPlacementCementitious material
StartFinishHeightLengthRCCTotalUpstreamDownstreamSpillwayLayersLiftsCementPozzolan
ProjectRCCRCCProject(m)(m)(m3x103)(m3x103)SlopeTypeSlopeTypeSlopeType(m)(m)(kg/m3)(kg/m3)
JiangyaChinaF H I N WLoushui174107/9510/9604/99- /0113136811001310V(3')0.80(3)*ogee
0.80
(13)300300087
64  46
107
96  107
(F)
Lai ChauVietnamHSong Da (Black River)121506/1003/1305/1507/1713162018842500V(3')0.75(3')*0.75(12)30030060160(F)
Kafue Gorge Lower (KGL)ZambiaHKafue8301/1606/1804/20- /20131375129013900.20(3')0.75(3')0.75(12)30030060112(F)
Julius Nyerere (formerly Rufiji)TanzaniaHRufiji368012/1810/20- /2212/231311025142019400.20(3')0.75(3')0.75(12)  9362(F)

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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.

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Country: China

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

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

River: Loushui

Reservoir capacity: 1741 m3x106

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 07/95

Start of RCC: 07/95

End of RCC: 04/99

End of Project: -/01

Specifications

Height: 131 metres

Length: 368 metres

Volume of RCC: 1100 m3x103

Total volume: 1310 m3x103

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
VerticalRCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC)
Downstream
SlopeType
0.80RCC against formwork  [stepped face]
Spillway
SlopeType
ogeeReinforced concrete cast against precast units or slip-formed facing elements
0.80 

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
3003000

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m3)
87
64  46
Pozzolan (kg/m3)Pozzolan Type
107Low-lime flyash (ASTM Class F)
96  107 
Jiangya completed
Jiangya completed

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Country: Vietnam

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower

River: Song Da (Black River)

Reservoir capacity: 1215 m3x106

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 06/10

Start of RCC: 06/10

End of RCC: 05/15

End of Project: 07/17

Specifications

Height: 131 metres

Length: 620 metres

Volume of RCC: 1884 m3x103

Total volume: 2500 m3x103

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
VerticalRCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC)
Downstream
SlopeType
0.75RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC)  [stepped face]
Spillway
SlopeType
0.75Reinforced conventional concrete cast after RCC placement

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
300300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m3)
60
Pozzolan (kg/m3)Pozzolan Type
160Low-lime flyash (ASTM Class F)
  
Lai Chau completed
Lai Chau completed

Full Dam Information

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Country: Zambia

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower

River: Kafue

Reservoir capacity: 83 m3x106

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 01/16

Start of RCC: 01/16

End of RCC: 04/20

End of Project: -/20

Specifications

Height: 131 metres

Length: 375 metres

Volume of RCC: 1290 m3x103

Total volume: 1390 m3x103

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
0.20RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC)
Downstream
SlopeType
0.75RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC)
Spillway
SlopeType
0.75Reinforced conventional concrete cast after RCC placement

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
300300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m3)
60
Pozzolan (kg/m3)Pozzolan Type
112Low-lime flyash (ASTM Class F)
  
Kafue Gorge Lower (KGL) completed
Kafue Gorge Lower (KGL) completed

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Details

Country: Tanzania

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower

River: Rufiji

Reservoir capacity: 3680 m3x106

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 12/18

Start of RCC: 12/18

End of RCC: -/22

End of Project: 12/23

Specifications

Height: 131 metres

Length: 1025 metres

Volume of RCC: 1420 m3x103

Total volume: 1940 m3x103

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
0.20RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC)
Downstream
SlopeType
0.75RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC)
Spillway
SlopeType
0.75Reinforced conventional concrete cast after RCC placement

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
  

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m3)
93
Pozzolan (kg/m3)Pozzolan Type
62Low-lime flyash (ASTM Class F)
  
Julius Nyerere (formerly Rufiji) under construction
Julius Nyerere (formerly Rufiji) under construction

 

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