Satpara Dam is a medium-size multi-purpose concrete-faced earth-filled dam located downstream from

Satpara Lake Satpara Lake also spelled ''Sadpara Lake'' () is a natural lake near Skardu in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. The lake supplies water to Skardu Valley. Fed by the Satpara Stream originating from the Deosai plains, the stream is the ...

on the Satpara Stream approximately 4 km from the town of

Skardu Skardu (, Tibetan script: སྐར་མདོ, ) is a city located in Pakistan-administered Gilgit-Baltistan in the disputed Kashmir region. The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kas ...

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. The dam has enlarged the size of Satpara Lake, generates 17.36 MW of

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, supplies power to approximately 30,000 households in the Skardu Valley, irrigates of land and supplies 3.1 million gallons per day of drinking water to Skardu city. 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. 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

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and the

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(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. Power House Unit No. 3 started commercial operation in May 2013 and Unit No. 4 in June 2013. The dam became operational in April 2013.

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:
Total:
Left Bank Canal:
Right Bank Canal: Construction:
Contractor: hi tech lubricants Ltd.
Man-hours: 2.4 million
Peak manpower: 450

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WAPDA Project Details
{{Dams in Pakistan Dams in Pakistan Dams completed in 2011 Hydroelectric power stations in Pakistan Embankment dams Dams in Gilgit-Baltistan

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