The Jatiluhur Dam is a multi-purpose

embankment dam An embankment dam is a large artificial dam. It is typically created by the placement and compaction of a complex semi-plastic mound of various compositions of soil or rock. It has a semi-pervious waterproof natural covering for its surface ...

on the

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, Indonesia. It is located east of

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, close to the medium-sized town of

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. Jatiluhur Dam was designed by Coyne et Bellier and was constructed between 1957 and 1965 while the power station became 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 ''

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''. 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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