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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.

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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NameCountryOwnerPurposeRiverReservoir capacity (m3x106)Construction datesDimensionsVolumeFacingsPlacementCementitious material
StartFinishHeightLengthRCCTotalUpstreamDownstreamSpillwayLayersLiftsCementPozzolan
ProjectRCCRCCProject(m)(m)(m3x103)(m3x103)SlopeTypeSlopeTypeSlopeType(m)(m)(kg/m3)(kg/m3)
TashkumyrKyrgyzstanH INaryn140- /8203/8712/8912/90753201001300V(1)0.78(1)0.78(1)4004009030(N)
TaungSouth AfricaI WHarts6606/9008/9109/9205/9350320132153V(1)V
0.75
(1)
(1)*
0.75(1)*2502504466(F)
NacaomeHondurasWRio Grande Nacaome4206/9308/94- /95- /95543202503000.15(2)0.80(3)*0.80(12)*4004006421(N)
Bandeira de MeloBrazilI WParaguaçu112- /0209/03- /04- /05193207585 (1) (1)* (1)*3003005614(N)
JupuduChinaHLixian (Black)17411/04- /05- /06- /0795320480800V
0.20
(3)0.80(3)0.80(3)     
YunishigawaJapanF I WYunishi7508/0809/0905/1109/121193209671053V
0.60
(1)0.78(1)0.78(1)25010009139(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: Kyrgyzstan

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower / Irrigation

River: Naryn

Reservoir capacity: 140 m3x106

Construction Dates

Start of Project: -/82

Start of RCC: -/82

End of RCC: 12/89

End of Project: 12/90

Specifications

Height: 75 metres

Length: 320 metres

Volume of RCC: 100 m3x103

Total volume: 1300 m3x103

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
VerticalTraditional concrete against formwork
Downstream
SlopeType
0.78Traditional concrete against formwork
Spillway
SlopeType
0.78Traditional concrete against formwork

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
400400

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m3)
90
Pozzolan (kg/m3)Pozzolan Type
30Natural pozzolan (ASTM Class N)
  
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Tashkumyr on Google Earth

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Country: South Africa

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Irrigation / Water Supply

River: Harts

Reservoir capacity: 66 m3x106

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 06/90

Start of RCC: 06/90

End of RCC: 09/92

End of Project: 05/93

Specifications

Height: 50 metres

Length: 320 metres

Volume of RCC: 132 m3x103

Total volume: 153 m3x103

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
VerticalTraditional concrete against formwork
Downstream
SlopeType
VerticalTraditional concrete against formwork
0.75Traditional concrete against formwork  [stepped face]
Spillway
SlopeType
0.75Traditional concrete against formwork  [stepped face]

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
250250

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m3)
44
Pozzolan (kg/m3)Pozzolan Type
66Low-lime flyash (ASTM Class F)
  
Taung completed
Taung completed

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Country: Honduras

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Water Supply

River: Rio Grande Nacaome

Reservoir capacity: 42 m3x106

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 06/93

Start of RCC: 06/93

End of RCC: -/95

End of Project: -/95

Specifications

Height: 54 metres

Length: 320 metres

Volume of RCC: 250 m3x103

Total volume: 300 m3x103

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
0.15Traditional concrete against formwork with external geomembrane
Downstream
SlopeType
0.80RCC against formwork  [stepped face]
Spillway
SlopeType
0.80Reinforced conventional concrete cast after RCC placement  [stepped face]

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
400400

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m3)
64
Pozzolan (kg/m3)Pozzolan Type
21Natural pozzolan (ASTM Class N)
  
Nacaome completed
Nacaome completed

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Country: Brazil

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Irrigation / Water Supply

River: Paraguaçu

Reservoir capacity: 112 m3x106

Construction Dates

Start of Project: -/02

Start of RCC: -/02

End of RCC: -/04

End of Project: -/05

Specifications

Height: 19 metres

Length: 320 metres

Volume of RCC: 75 m3x103

Total volume: 85 m3x103

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
 Traditional concrete against formwork
Downstream
SlopeType
 Traditional concrete against formwork  [stepped face]
Spillway
SlopeType
 Traditional concrete against formwork  [stepped face]

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
300300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m3)
56
Pozzolan (kg/m3)Pozzolan Type
14Natural pozzolan (ASTM Class N)
  
Bandeira de Melo completed
Bandeira de Melo completed

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Country: China

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower

River: Lixian (Black)

Reservoir capacity: 174 m3x106

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 11/04

Start of RCC: 11/04

End of RCC: -/06

End of Project: -/07

Specifications

Height: 95 metres

Length: 320 metres

Volume of RCC: 480 m3x103

Total volume: 800 m3x103

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
VerticalRCC against formwork
0.20 
Downstream
SlopeType
0.80RCC against formwork
Spillway
SlopeType
0.80RCC against formwork

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
  

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m3)
 
Pozzolan (kg/m3)Pozzolan Type
  
  
Jupudu completed
Jupudu completed

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Country: Japan

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

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

River: Yunishi

Reservoir capacity: 75 m3x106

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 08/08

Start of RCC: 08/08

End of RCC: 05/11

End of Project: 09/12

Specifications

Height: 119 metres

Length: 320 metres

Volume of RCC: 967 m3x103

Total volume: 1053 m3x103

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
VerticalTraditional concrete against formwork
0.60 
Downstream
SlopeType
0.78Traditional concrete against formwork
Spillway
SlopeType
0.78Traditional concrete against formwork

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
2501000

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m3)
91
Pozzolan (kg/m3)Pozzolan Type
39Low-lime flyash (ASTM Class F)
  
Yunishigawa completed
Yunishigawa completed

 

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