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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)
KamuroJapanF WKaneyama707/8607/8810/9008/9361257136307V
0.60
(1)
(1)
0.75(1)0.75(1)150 -
200
5009624(F)
Glen MelvilleSouth AfricaWEcca702/8804/8912/9004/913238066114V(1)V
0.75
(1)
(1)*
0.75(1)*3303306565(F)
JoumouaMoroccoWJoumoua707/8906/9011/9212/92572501502000.20(5)0.80(1)*0.80(1)*350350105
180
45
0
(-) -
Villaumur (La Cantache)FranceFLe Cantache707/9310/9312/9303/94161471115V(11)0.75(1)*0.75(1)*300300 90(R)
Wenquanbao
[A]
ChinaF H I WTanghe710/9110/9206/94- /95481885563V(4)0.30(3)ogee(13)300300110
69
68
85
(F)
Wajin
[A]
ChinaH INanxi7- /94- /96- /98- /9947235 240           
Sanjiang
[A]
ChinaSanjainghe7- /02- /03- /04- /0472138 38           
PicadaBrazilH 7- /02- /03- /05- /0632              
Santa Rosa IIBrazilHGrande7- /06- /06- /08- /0831              
CriúvaBrazilHLajeado Grange7- /08- /08- /0912/09252468095        7218(N)
Sehb el MergaMoroccoF I WSehb el Merga706/07- /08- /09- /10374808595V(5)0.80(1)*0.80(1)*3003006525(N)
Huhehaote (Hohhot) PSS - Upstream lower damChinaHHalasxinegou7- /07- /09- /11- /1269242185330           
Huhehaote (Hohhot) PSS - Downstream lower damChinaHHalasxinegou7- /12- /12- /13- /1458308205717           
Juba IVBrazilHJuba7- /15- /15- /15- /1526570             
OkshtuniAlbaniaF HOkshtuni708/1503/1710/1702/1865253141194V
0.15
(12)0.90(12)*0.90(12)*3003001150(-) -

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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: Japan

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Flood Control / Water Supply

River: Kaneyama

Reservoir capacity: 7 m3x106

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 07/86

Start of RCC: 07/86

End of RCC: 10/90

End of Project: 08/93

Specifications

Height: 61 metres

Length: 257 metres

Volume of RCC: 136 m3x103

Total volume: 307 m3x103

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
VerticalTraditional concrete against formwork
0.60Traditional concrete against formwork
Downstream
SlopeType
0.75Traditional concrete against formwork
Spillway
SlopeType
0.75Traditional concrete against formwork

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
150  -500
200 

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m3)
96
Pozzolan (kg/m3)Pozzolan Type
24Low-lime flyash (ASTM Class F)
  
Kamuro completed
Kamuro completed

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Country: South Africa

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Water Supply

River: Ecca

Reservoir capacity: 7 m3x106

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 02/88

Start of RCC: 02/88

End of RCC: 12/90

End of Project: 04/91

Specifications

Height: 32 metres

Length: 380 metres

Volume of RCC: 66 m3x103

Total volume: 114 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)
330330

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m3)
65
Pozzolan (kg/m3)Pozzolan Type
65Low-lime flyash (ASTM Class F)
  
Glen Melville completed
Glen Melville completed

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Country: Morocco

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Water Supply

River: Joumoua

Reservoir capacity: 7 m3x106

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 07/89

Start of RCC: 07/89

End of RCC: 11/92

End of Project: 12/92

Specifications

Height: 57 metres

Length: 250 metres

Volume of RCC: 150 m3x103

Total volume: 200 m3x103

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
0.20Traditional concrete against precast concrete panels
Downstream
SlopeType
0.80Traditional concrete against formwork  [stepped face]
Spillway
SlopeType
0.80Traditional concrete against formwork  [stepped face]

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
350350

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m3)
105
180
Pozzolan (kg/m3)Pozzolan Type
45No pozzolan used  -
0 
Joumoua completed
Joumoua completed

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Country: France

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Flood Control

River: Le Cantache

Reservoir capacity: 7 m3x106

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 07/93

Start of RCC: 07/93

End of RCC: 12/93

End of Project: 03/94

Specifications

Height: 16 metres

Length: 147 metres

Volume of RCC: 11 m3x103

Total volume: 15 m3x103

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
VerticalReinforced conventional concrete cast before RCC placement
Downstream
SlopeType
0.75Traditional concrete against formwork  [stepped face]
Spillway
SlopeType
0.75Traditional concrete against formwork  [stepped face]

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
300300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m3)
 
Pozzolan (kg/m3)Pozzolan Type
90ROLAC (mixture of flyash and slag with or without limestone fines)
  
Villaumur (La Cantache) completed
Villaumur (La Cantache) completed

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Country: China

Owner: -

Type: Thin Arch

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

River: Tanghe

Reservoir capacity: 7 m3x106

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 10/91

Start of RCC: 10/91

End of RCC: 06/94

End of Project: -/95

Specifications

Height: 48 metres

Length: 188 metres

Volume of RCC: 55 m3x103

Total volume: 63 m3x103

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
VerticalRCC against formwork with external geomembrane
Downstream
SlopeType
0.30RCC against formwork
Spillway
SlopeType
ogeeReinforced concrete cast against precast units or slip-formed facing elements

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
300300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m3)
110
69
Pozzolan (kg/m3)Pozzolan Type
68Low-lime flyash (ASTM Class F)
85 
Wenquanbao completed
Wenquanbao completed

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Country: China

Owner: -

Type: Thin Arch

Purpose(s): Hydropower / Irrigation

River: Nanxi

Reservoir capacity: 7 m3x106

Construction Dates

Start of Project: -/94

Start of RCC: -/94

End of RCC: -/98

End of Project: -/99

Specifications

Height: 47 metres

Length: 235 metres

Volume of RCC: -

Total volume: 240 m3x103

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
  
Downstream
SlopeType
  
Spillway
SlopeType
  

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
  

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m3)
 
Pozzolan (kg/m3)Pozzolan Type
  
  
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Country: China

Owner: -

Type: Thin Arch

Purpose(s): unknown

River: Sanjainghe

Reservoir capacity: 7 m3x106

Construction Dates

Start of Project: -/02

Start of RCC: -/02

End of RCC: -/04

End of Project: -/04

Specifications

Height: 72 metres

Length: 138 metres

Volume of RCC: -

Total volume: 38 m3x103

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
  
Downstream
SlopeType
  
Spillway
SlopeType
  

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
  

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m3)
 
Pozzolan (kg/m3)Pozzolan Type
  
  
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Country: Brazil

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower

River: -

Reservoir capacity: 7 m3x106

Construction Dates

Start of Project: -/02

Start of RCC: -/02

End of RCC: -/05

End of Project: -/06

Specifications

Height: 32 metres

Length: -

Volume of RCC: -

Total volume: -

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
  
Downstream
SlopeType
  
Spillway
SlopeType
  

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
  

Cementitious material

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

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Country: Brazil

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower

River: Grande

Reservoir capacity: 7 m3x106

Construction Dates

Start of Project: -/06

Start of RCC: -/06

End of RCC: -/08

End of Project: -/08

Specifications

Height: 31 metres

Length: -

Volume of RCC: -

Total volume: -

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
  
Downstream
SlopeType
  
Spillway
SlopeType
  

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
  

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m3)
 
Pozzolan (kg/m3)Pozzolan Type
  
  
Santa Rosa II on Google Earth
Santa Rosa II on Google Earth

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Country: Brazil

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower

River: Lajeado Grange

Reservoir capacity: 7 m3x106

Construction Dates

Start of Project: -/08

Start of RCC: -/08

End of RCC: -/09

End of Project: 12/09

Specifications

Height: 25 metres

Length: 246 metres

Volume of RCC: 80 m3x103

Total volume: 95 m3x103

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
  
Downstream
SlopeType
  
Spillway
SlopeType
  

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
  

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m3)
72
Pozzolan (kg/m3)Pozzolan Type
18Natural pozzolan (ASTM Class N)
  
Criúva completed
Criúva completed

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Country: Morocco

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

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

River: Sehb el Merga

Reservoir capacity: 7 m3x106

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 06/07

Start of RCC: 06/07

End of RCC: -/09

End of Project: -/10

Specifications

Height: 37 metres

Length: 480 metres

Volume of RCC: 85 m3x103

Total volume: 95 m3x103

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
VerticalTraditional concrete against precast concrete panels
Downstream
SlopeType
0.80Traditional concrete against formwork  [stepped face]
Spillway
SlopeType
0.80Traditional concrete against formwork  [stepped face]

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
300300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m3)
65
Pozzolan (kg/m3)Pozzolan Type
25Natural pozzolan (ASTM Class N)
  
Sehb el Merga completed
Sehb el Merga completed

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Country: China

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower

River: Halasxinegou

Reservoir capacity: 7 m3x106

Construction Dates

Start of Project: -/07

Start of RCC: -/07

End of RCC: -/11

End of Project: -/12

Specifications

Height: 69 metres

Length: 242 metres

Volume of RCC: 185 m3x103

Total volume: 330 m3x103

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
  
Downstream
SlopeType
  
Spillway
SlopeType
  

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
  

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m3)
 
Pozzolan (kg/m3)Pozzolan Type
  
  
Huhehaote (Hohhot) PSS - Upstream lower dam on Google Earth
Huhehaote (Hohhot) PSS - Upstream lower dam on Google Earth

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Country: China

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower

River: Halasxinegou

Reservoir capacity: 7 m3x106

Construction Dates

Start of Project: -/12

Start of RCC: -/12

End of RCC: -/13

End of Project: -/14

Specifications

Height: 58 metres

Length: 308 metres

Volume of RCC: 205 m3x103

Total volume: 717 m3x103

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
  
Downstream
SlopeType
  
Spillway
SlopeType
  

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
  

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m3)
 
Pozzolan (kg/m3)Pozzolan Type
  
  
Huhehaote (Hohhot) PSS - Downstream lower dam under construction
Huhehaote (Hohhot) PSS - Downstream lower dam under construction

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Country: Brazil

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower

River: Juba

Reservoir capacity: 7 m3x106

Construction Dates

Start of Project: -/15

Start of RCC: -/15

End of RCC: -/15

End of Project: -/15

Specifications

Height: 26 metres

Length: 570 metres

Volume of RCC: -

Total volume: -

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
  
Downstream
SlopeType
  
Spillway
SlopeType
  

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
  

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m3)
 
Pozzolan (kg/m3)Pozzolan Type
  
  
Juba IV on Google Earth
Juba IV on Google Earth

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Country: Albania

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Flood Control / Hydropower

River: Okshtuni

Reservoir capacity: 7 m3x106

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 08/15

Start of RCC: 08/15

End of RCC: 10/17

End of Project: 02/18

Specifications

Height: 65 metres

Length: 253 metres

Volume of RCC: 141 m3x103

Total volume: 194 m3x103

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
VerticalReinforced conventional concrete cast after RCC placement
0.15 
Downstream
SlopeType
0.90Reinforced conventional concrete cast after RCC placement  [stepped face]
Spillway
SlopeType
0.90Reinforced conventional concrete cast after RCC placement  [stepped face]

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
300300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m3)
115
Pozzolan (kg/m3)Pozzolan Type
0No pozzolan used  -
  
Okshtuni completed
Okshtuni completed

 

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