Badush Dam
| Badush Dam | |
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| Location | Ninawa Governorate, Iraq |
| Coordinates | 36°28′00″N 42°57′59″E / 36.46667°N 42.96639°ECoordinates: 36°28′00″N 42°57′59″E / 36.46667°N 42.96639°E |
| Status | Unfinished |
| Construction began | 1990s |
| Operator(s) | Ministry of Water Resources |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Type of dam | Earthen embankment dam |
| Impounds | Tigris |
| Height | 102 m (335 ft) |
| Length | 3,686 m (12,093 ft) |
| Power station | |
| Turbines | 4 x 42.5 MW Kaplan-type |
| Installed capacity | 170 MW |
The Badush Dam is an unfinished multi-purpose dam on the Tigris 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) northwest of Mosul, Iraq. The main purpose of the dam is to produce 170 MW of hydroelectricity in addition to managing tailwater (outflows) from the unstable Mosul Dam upstream. Construction on the dam began in the 1990s and was halted prior to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. Concerns over the stability of the Mosul Dam significantly contributed to recent efforts to restart construction of the Badush Dam, and possibly expand it as well.
Initial construction
Construction had begun on the Badush Dam in the 1990s but was halted because of several problems, particularly lethal gas exhalation. Significant construction on the dam along with the hydro-power unit housing had occurred.[1]
Current project
As early as December 2005, Iraq's Ministry of Water Resources was developing a project to restart construction on the dam. Currently, it would cost about US$300 million to complete the initial design but the Government of Iraq is wary of spending an additional US$10 billion to expand the dam's size in order to help mitigate a potential failure of the Mosul Dam.[2] The current project contains a main earthfill dam with an inclined clay core and other random fills, two saddle dams (earthfill dams) at the left bank and a 240-metre (790 ft) concrete dam (hollow buttress type) at the right bank. The concrete dam includes eight bottom outlets, a spillway and four power intakes and conduits, a stilling basin, headrace and tailrace channels. There is a power house, close to the concrete dam. The Badush Dam's spillway will have a maximum output of 4,000 cubic metres (140,000 cu ft) per second; each hydro-power unit will have a capacity of 275 cubic metres (9,700 cu ft) per second for a total of 1,100 cubic metres (39,000 cu ft) per second.[3]
References
- ↑ http://www.medingegneria.it/files/download/BADUSH.pdf MED Project Badush Dam - Direct Reference)
- ↑ >http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/29/AR2007102902193.html?hpid=topnews Washington Post Dam in Danger of Collapse
- ↑ http://www.medingegneria.it/files/download/BADUSH.pdf MED Project Badush Dam - Direct Reference)
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