Haditha Dam
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Haditha Dam (Arabic,سد حديثة )is a dam on the Euphrates River north of Haditha, Iraq. It is the second largest hydroelectric contributor to the power system in Iraq.
Haditha Dam has a six turbine hydropower plant which at their peak produce 660 MW. The largest producer of hydroelectric power in Iraq is the Mosul Dam, formerly called the Saddam Dam, which produces 1050 MW at its peak.
The dam retains water from Lake Qadisiya (Buhayrat al Qadisiyyah). It was seized by US Army Rangers along with two 81mm mortar teams from HHC 1-502nd Inf. on April 1, 2003.[1]
It was built with help from Yugoslavia, construction beginning in 1978 and completed in 1986.[2]
The Haditha Dam is the headquarters for 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, charged with securing the Haditha area. There is also a small detachment of Azerbaijani troops. The Marines and Navy patrol the river and lake in small unit riverine craft, an armed riverine patrol boat.
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- Article/ Satellite photo at Globalsecurity.org
- Coalition Provisional Authority news release: “Haditha Dam At Full Operation for First Time Since 1990”, 2004-06-08
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