Satpara Dam
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Satpara Dam is a medium-size multi-purpose concrete-faced earth-filled dam located downstream from Satpara Lake on the Satpara Stream approximately 4 km from the town of Skardu in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.
The dam has enlarged the size of Satpara Lake, generates 17.36 MW of hydroelectricity, supplies power to approximately 30,000 households in the Skardu Valley, irrigates Script error: No such module "convert". of land and supplies 3.1 million gallons per day of drinking water to Skardu city.[1] Annual agricultural output in the Skardu Valley is expected to increase more than four-fold, generating about $6 million in additional annual economic benefits to local communities.[2]
Construction of Satpara Dam commenced in April 2003 and completion was scheduled in November 2011. Power House Unit No. 1 came online on 6 October 2007 and Unit No. 2 on 30 December 2008. On 7 January 2011, the Government of Pakistan and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) entered into an Enhanced Partnership Agreement under which USAID agreed to provide US$26 million for the construction of Power House Units Nos. 3 and 4 and completion of the remaining works on the dam.[1] Power House Unit No. 3 started commercial operation in May 2013 and Unit No. 4 in June 2013.[1]
The dam became operational in April 2013.[3]
Salient features
Dam:
Type: Earth-filled
Length: 560 ft.
Height: 128 ft.
Width (at top): 80 ft.
Spillway:
Spillway length: 1,075 ft.
Spillway width: 50 ft.
Spillway capacity: 5000 ft 3/s
Reservoir capacity (gross): 0.0932 MAF (93,385 AF)
Reservoir capacity (live): 0.0521 MAF (51,484 AF)
Power generation capacity: 17.366 MW
Irrigation system: LBC 51933 ft., RBC 58000 ft.
Canal Length:
Left Bank Canal: 59,000 Ft.
Right Bank Canal : 30,000 Ft.
Command Area:
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Construction:
Contractor: hi tech lubricants Ltd.
Man-hours: 2.4 million
Peak manpower: 450
See also
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- List of dams and reservoirs in Pakistan
- Satpara Lake
- Satpara Stream
- List of power stations in Pakistan
- Allai Khwar Hydropower Project
- Gomal Zam Dam
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