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Dimensions: Height: 39 metres

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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)
Zintel Canyon	USA	F	Zintel	3	03/92	07/92	10/92	12/92	39	158	54	55	V	(7)	0.85	(17)	0.85	(17)	300	300	74	0	(-) -
Imi el Kheng	Morocco	G I	Oued Berhil	12	04/92	09/92	07/93	04/94	39	170	97	109	0.20	(5)	0.80	(1)*	0.80	(1)*	300	300	100 110	20 20	(N)
Shanggou [A]	China	W	Yangshui	1	- /01	- /02	- /03	- /04	39	176
Peixe Angical	Brazil	H	Tocantins	3	04/02	- /04	- /05	09/06	39	400	500	582							300	300	70	0	(-) -
Nakai, part of Nam Theun 2 HPP	Laos	H	Nam Theun	3530	04/04	02/06	03/07	10/09	39	436	155	200		(1)		(10)		(12)	300	300	100	100	(F)
Elkwater Fork	USA	W	Tygart Tributory	3	- /06	04/07	08/07	- /07	39	204	106	113	V	(8)	0.80	(3)*	0.80	(1)*	300	300	59	89	(F)
Arvoredo	Brazil	H	Irani	12	- /08	- /09	- /09	04/10	39	250	53	81	V		0.75		0.75				80	20	(N)
Lusixi	China	W	Lusixi	33	- /09	- /10	- /11	- /12	39	140
Devecikonagi	Turkey	H I	Emet	6	05/10	03/11	09/12	01/13	39	313	180	210	0.10	(2)	0.75	(1)	0.80	(12)	300	300	80	40	(F)
Çetintepe	Turkey	H	Robozik	44	09/08	- /11	- /12	- /13	39	173	60	64	0.10	(1)	0.80	(1)*	0.80	(12)	300	1200	77	63	(N)
Spring Grove	South Africa	W	Mooi	140	03/11	06/12	05/13	05/14	39	300	96	114		(3')		(3')			300	300	50	110	(F)
Sariveliler Göktepe	Turkey	I	Gelenalan	1	- /13	- /14	- /15	- /15	39	330	69										60	0	(-) -
Muskrat Falls North Dam	Canada	H	Churchill		08/15	07/17	09/18	07/19	39	450	208	243	V	(1)	0.80	(1)	0.80	(1)	300	3000 & 1500	80	140	(F)
Yeşilvadi (Beylerderesi)	Turkey	I	Beyler	5	- /16	- /17	- /18	- /19	39	249	170		V	(1)	1.00	(1)			330	330	93	62	(F)
Davarlı	Turkey	I	Kara Creek	1	- /16	- /19	- /21	- /23	39	119	34

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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.

Zintel Canyon

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Country: USA

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Flood Control

River: Zintel

Reservoir capacity: 3 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 03/92

Start of RCC: 03/92

End of RCC: 10/92

End of Project: 12/92

Specifications

Height: 39 metres

Length: 158 metres

Volume of RCC: 54 m³x10³

Total volume: 55 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
Vertical	RCC against precast concrete panels

Downstream

Slope	Type
0.85	Unformed face of RCC

Spillway

Slope	Type
0.85	Unformed face of RCC

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
300	300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
74

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

Imi el Kheng

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Country: Morocco

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Groundwater Recharge / Irrigation

River: Oued Berhil

Reservoir capacity: 12 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 04/92

Start of RCC: 04/92

End of RCC: 07/93

End of Project: 04/94

Specifications

Height: 39 metres

Length: 170 metres

Volume of RCC: 97 m³x10³

Total volume: 109 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
0.20	Traditional concrete against precast concrete panels

Downstream

Slope	Type
0.80	Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face]

Spillway

Slope	Type
0.80	Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face]

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
300	300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
100
110

Pozzolan (kg/m³)	Pozzolan Type
20	Natural pozzolan (ASTM Class N)
20

Shanggou

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Country: China

Owner: -

Type: Thin Arch

Purpose(s): Water Supply

River: Yangshui

Reservoir capacity: 1 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: -/01

Start of RCC: -/01

End of RCC: -/03

End of Project: -/04

Specifications

Height: 39 metres

Length: 176 metres

Volume of RCC: -

Total volume: -

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

Peixe Angical

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Country: Brazil

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower

River: Tocantins

Reservoir capacity: 3 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 04/02

Start of RCC: 04/02

End of RCC: -/05

End of Project: 09/06

Specifications

Height: 39 metres

Length: 400 metres

Volume of RCC: 500 m³x10³

Total volume: 582 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type

Downstream

Slope	Type

Spillway

Slope	Type

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
300	300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
70

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

Nakai, part of Nam Theun 2 HPP

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Country: Laos

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower

River: Nam Theun

Reservoir capacity: 3530 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 04/04

Start of RCC: 04/04

End of RCC: 03/07

End of Project: 10/09

Specifications

Height: 39 metres

Length: 436 metres

Volume of RCC: 155 m³x10³

Total volume: 200 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
	Traditional concrete against formwork

Downstream

Slope	Type
	RCC against precast concrete blocks

Spillway

Slope	Type
	Reinforced conventional concrete cast after RCC placement

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
300	300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
100

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

Nakai, part of Nam Theun 2 HPP completed

Elkwater Fork

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Country: USA

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Water Supply

River: Tygart Tributory

Reservoir capacity: 3 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: -/06

Start of RCC: -/06

End of RCC: 08/07

End of Project: -/07

Specifications

Height: 39 metres

Length: 204 metres

Volume of RCC: 106 m³x10³

Total volume: 113 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
Vertical	RCC against precast concrete panels with geomembrane

Downstream

Slope	Type
0.80	RCC against formwork [stepped face]

Spillway

Slope	Type
0.80	Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face]

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
300	300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
59

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

Arvoredo

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Country: Brazil

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower

River: Irani

Reservoir capacity: 12 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: -/08

Start of RCC: -/08

End of RCC: -/09

End of Project: 04/10

Specifications

Height: 39 metres

Length: 250 metres

Volume of RCC: 53 m³x10³

Total volume: 81 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
Vertical

Downstream

Slope	Type
0.75

Spillway

Slope	Type
0.75

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
80

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

Lusixi

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Country: China

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Water Supply

River: Lusixi

Reservoir capacity: 33 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: -/09

Start of RCC: -/09

End of RCC: -/11

End of Project: -/12

Specifications

Height: 39 metres

Length: 140 metres

Volume of RCC: -

Total volume: -

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

Devecikonagi

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Country: Turkey

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower / Irrigation

River: Emet

Reservoir capacity: 6 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 05/10

Start of RCC: 05/10

End of RCC: 09/12

End of Project: 01/13

Specifications

Height: 39 metres

Length: 313 metres

Volume of RCC: 180 m³x10³

Total volume: 210 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
0.10	Traditional concrete against formwork with external geomembrane

Downstream

Slope	Type
0.75	Traditional concrete against formwork

Spillway

Slope	Type
0.80	Reinforced conventional concrete cast after RCC placement

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
300	300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
80

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

Çetintepe

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Country: Turkey

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower

River: Robozik

Reservoir capacity: 44 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 09/08

Start of RCC: 09/08

End of RCC: -/12

End of Project: -/13

Specifications

Height: 39 metres

Length: 173 metres

Volume of RCC: 60 m³x10³

Total volume: 64 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
0.10	Traditional concrete against formwork

Downstream

Slope	Type
0.80	Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face]

Spillway

Slope	Type
0.80	Reinforced conventional concrete cast after RCC placement

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
300	1200

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
77

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

Spring Grove

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Country: South Africa

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Water Supply

River: Mooi

Reservoir capacity: 140 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 03/11

Start of RCC: 03/11

End of RCC: 05/13

End of Project: 05/14

Specifications

Height: 39 metres

Length: 300 metres

Volume of RCC: 96 m³x10³

Total volume: 114 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
	RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC)

Downstream

Slope	Type
	RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC)

Spillway

Slope	Type

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
300	300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
50

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

Sariveliler Göktepe

Full Dam Information

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Country: Turkey

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Irrigation

River: Gelenalan

Reservoir capacity: 1 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: -/13

Start of RCC: -/13

End of RCC: -/15

End of Project: -/15

Specifications

Height: 39 metres

Length: 330 metres

Volume of RCC: 69 m³x10³

Total volume: -

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type

Downstream

Slope	Type

Spillway

Slope	Type

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
60

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

Muskrat Falls North Dam

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Country: Canada

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower

River: Churchill

Reservoir capacity: -

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 08/15

Start of RCC: 08/15

End of RCC: 09/18

End of Project: 07/19

Specifications

Height: 39 metres

Length: 450 metres

Volume of RCC: 208 m³x10³

Total volume: 243 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
Vertical	Traditional concrete against formwork

Downstream

Slope	Type
0.80	Traditional concrete against formwork

Spillway

Slope	Type
0.80	Traditional concrete against formwork

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
300	3000 &
	1500

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
80

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

Yeşilvadi (Beylerderesi)

Full Dam Information

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Country: Turkey

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Irrigation

River: Beyler

Reservoir capacity: 5 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: -/16

Start of RCC: -/16

End of RCC: -/18

End of Project: -/19

Specifications

Height: 39 metres

Length: 249 metres

Volume of RCC: 170 m³x10³

Total volume: -

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
Vertical	Traditional concrete against formwork

Downstream

Slope	Type
1.00	Traditional concrete against formwork

Spillway

Slope	Type

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
330	330

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
93

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

Davarlı

Full Dam Information

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Country: Turkey

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Irrigation

River: Kara Creek

Reservoir capacity: 1 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: -/16

Start of RCC: -/16

End of RCC: -/21

End of Project: -/23

Specifications

Height: 39 metres

Length: 119 metres

Volume of RCC: 34 m³x10³

Total volume: -

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

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