The Jatiluhur Dam is a multi-purpose

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on the Citarum River in

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, Indonesia. It is located east of

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, close to the medium-size town of Purwakarta. Jatiluhur Dam was designed by

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and was constructed between 1957 and 1965 while the power station become operational in 1967. The dam serves several purposes including the provision of

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power generation, water supply, flood control, irrigation and

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. The power station has an installed capacity of 186.5 MW which feeds into the Java grid managed by the state-owned electricity company '' Perusahaan Listrik Negara''. The Jatiluhur reservoir helps irrigate of rice fields. The earth-fill dam is high and withholds a reservoir of , the largest in the country. Jati Luhur Viewed fom Parang Mountain

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{{Citarum River dams Purwakarta Regency Dams in Indonesia Hydroelectric power stations in Indonesia Earth-filled dams Dams completed in 1965 Lakes of Java Energy infrastructure completed in 1967 1967 establishments in Indonesia Landforms of West Java Reservoirs in Indonesia

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