The Sardasht Dam is an
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 and ...
currently under construction on the
Little Zab
The Little Zab or Lower Zab (, ''al-Zāb al-Asfal''; or '; , ''Zâb-e Kuchak''; , ''Zāba Taḥtāya'') is a river that originates in Iran and joins the Tigris just south of Al Zab in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. It is approximately long and d ...
southeast of
Sardasht in the Iranian province of
West Azerbaijan. Reconnaissance studies for the dam were completed in 1999 by Moshanir Consulting Engineers Company. When complete, it will be a tall and long rock-fill earth core dam. It will support a hydroelectric power station with an installed capacity of 150 MW and expected annual generation of 482
GWh
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. The construction contract for the dam was awarded in 2009. Official construction on the dam began in 2011. The river diversion tunnels were complete in November 2012 in a ceremony attended by Iran's
Ministry of Energy A Ministry of Energy or Department of Energy is a government department in some countries that typically oversees the production of fuel and electricity; in the United States, however, it manages nuclear weapons development and conducts energy-relat ...
Majid Namjoo
Majid Namjoo ( fa, مجيد نامجو) is an Iranian politician who was the minister of energy in second cabinet of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Early life
Namjoo was born in Tehran on 5 January 1963.
Career
Namjoo was a member of Kerman city Council ...
. The dam began to impound its reservoir on 22 June 2017.
See also
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Silveh Dam
The Silveh Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Lavin River just downstream of the village of Silveh in Piranshahr County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. The primary purpose of the dam is interbasin transfer for irrigation. Since completion ...
– under construction upstream on the Lavin River
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List of dams and reservoirs in Iran
Major dam construction started in Iran in the 1950s. Some fourteen large dams were built with the help of foreign engineers and advisors during two decades preceding the Islamic Revolution.
In the post-revolution era, Iran's dam building capaci ...
References
Dams in West Azerbaijan Province
Hydroelectric power stations in Iran
Rock-filled dams
Dams completed in 2018
Dams on the Little Zab River
Sardasht County
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