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Length: 200 metres

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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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)
Los Morales	Spain	W	Morales	2	06/86	02/87	10/87	12/87	28	200	22	26	V	(1) (3)	0.75	(3)*	0.75	(1)	300 - 400	300 - 400	80 74	140 128	(F)
Knellpoort [A-G]	South Africa	W	Rietspruit	137	04/88	05/88	11/88	09/89	50	200	45	59	V	(1)	0.60	(1)*	0.60	(1)*	250	250	61	142	(F)
La Touche Poupard	France	I	Chambon	15	08/93	04/94	08/94	12/94	36	200	34	46	V	(1)	0.75	(3)*	0.75	(1)*	300	300		115	(R)
North Fork Hughes River	USA	F R W	North Fork Hughes River	1480	07/99	03/01	07/01	- /01	26	200	65	65	V	(8)	0.80	(10)	0.80	(1)	300	300	59 107	59 65	(F)
Taishir	Mongolia	H I W	Zabkhan	930	02/05	05/06	06/07	12/07	60	200	210	250	V	(2)	0.72	(1)*	0.72	(12)*	333	333	75	0	(-) -
Autódromo	Brazil	H	Carreiro	4	- /10	- /10	- /11	- /11	23	200	21	47									67	17	(N)
São Sebastião do Alto	Brazil	H	Rio Grande	44	- /09	- /10	- /11	- /12	40	200	51	75
El Purgatorio	Mexico	F	Verde	35	06/13	- /14	- /15	- /16	38	200	400		0.25		1.00		1.00

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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.

Los Morales

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Country: Spain

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Water Supply

River: Morales

Reservoir capacity: 2 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 06/86

Start of RCC: 06/86

End of RCC: 10/87

End of Project: 12/87

Specifications

Height: 28 metres

Length: 200 metres

Volume of RCC: 22 m³x10³

Total volume: 26 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
Vertical	Traditional concrete against formwork
	RCC against formwork

Downstream

Slope	Type
0.75	RCC against formwork [stepped face]

Spillway

Slope	Type
0.75	Traditional concrete against formwork

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
300 -	300 -
400	400

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
80
74

Pozzolan (kg/m³)	Pozzolan Type
140	Low-lime flyash (ASTM Class F)
128

Knellpoort

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Country: South Africa

Owner: -

Type: Arch-Gravity

Purpose(s): Water Supply

River: Rietspruit

Reservoir capacity: 137 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 04/88

Start of RCC: 04/88

End of RCC: 11/88

End of Project: 09/89

Specifications

Height: 50 metres

Length: 200 metres

Volume of RCC: 45 m³x10³

Total volume: 59 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
Vertical	Traditional concrete against formwork

Downstream

Slope	Type
0.60	Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face]

Spillway

Slope	Type
0.60	Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face]

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
250	250

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
61

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

La Touche Poupard

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Country: France

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Irrigation

River: Chambon

Reservoir capacity: 15 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 08/93

Start of RCC: 08/93

End of RCC: 08/94

End of Project: 12/94

Specifications

Height: 36 metres

Length: 200 metres

Volume of RCC: 34 m³x10³

Total volume: 46 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
Vertical	Traditional concrete against formwork

Downstream

Slope	Type
0.75	RCC against formwork [stepped face]

Spillway

Slope	Type
0.75	Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face]

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
300	300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)

Pozzolan (kg/m³)	Pozzolan Type
115	ROLAC (mixture of flyash and slag with or without limestone fines)

North Fork Hughes River

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Country: USA

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Flood Control / Recreation / Water Supply

River: North Fork Hughes River

Reservoir capacity: 1480 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 07/99

Start of RCC: 07/99

End of RCC: 07/01

End of Project: -/01

Specifications

Height: 26 metres

Length: 200 metres

Volume of RCC: 65 m³x10³

Total volume: 65 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
Vertical	RCC against precast concrete panels with geomembrane

Downstream

Slope	Type
0.80	RCC against precast concrete blocks

Spillway

Slope	Type
0.80	Traditional concrete against formwork

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
300	300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
59
107

Pozzolan (kg/m³)	Pozzolan Type
59	Low-lime flyash (ASTM Class F)
65

Taishir

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Country: Mongolia

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower / Irrigation / Water Supply

River: Zabkhan

Reservoir capacity: 930 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 02/05

Start of RCC: 02/05

End of RCC: 06/07

End of Project: 12/07

Specifications

Height: 60 metres

Length: 200 metres

Volume of RCC: 210 m³x10³

Total volume: 250 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
Vertical	Traditional concrete against formwork with external geomembrane

Downstream

Slope	Type
0.72	Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face]

Spillway

Slope	Type
0.72	Reinforced conventional concrete cast after RCC placement [stepped face]

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
333	333

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
75

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

Autódromo

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Country: Brazil

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower

River: Carreiro

Reservoir capacity: 4 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: -/10

Start of RCC: -/10

End of RCC: -/11

End of Project: -/11

Specifications

Height: 23 metres

Length: 200 metres

Volume of RCC: 21 m³x10³

Total volume: 47 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type

Downstream

Slope	Type

Spillway

Slope	Type

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
67

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

São Sebastião do Alto

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Country: Brazil

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower

River: Rio Grande

Reservoir capacity: 44 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: -/09

Start of RCC: -/09

End of RCC: -/11

End of Project: -/12

Specifications

Height: 40 metres

Length: 200 metres

Volume of RCC: 51 m³x10³

Total volume: 75 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

El Purgatorio

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Country: Mexico

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Flood Control

River: Verde

Reservoir capacity: 35 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 06/13

Start of RCC: 06/13

End of RCC: -/15

End of Project: -/16

Specifications

Height: 38 metres

Length: 200 metres

Volume of RCC: 400 m³x10³

Total volume: -

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
0.25

Downstream

Slope	Type
1.00

Spillway

Slope	Type
1.00

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)

Pozzolan (kg/m³)	Pozzolan Type

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