Tadami Dam

Tadami Dam
Location of Tadami Dam
Location Fukushima Prefecture
Coordinates 37°20′08″N 139°18′04″E / 37.33556°N 139.30111°ECoordinates: 37°20′08″N 139°18′04″E / 37.33556°N 139.30111°E
Construction began 1981
Opening date 1989
Dam and spillways
Impounds Tadami River
Height 29 m (95 ft)
Length 582 m (1,909 ft)
Dam volume 400,000 m3 (523,180 cu yd)
Reservoir
Total capacity 45,000,000 m3 (36,482 acre·ft)
Active capacity 20,000,000 m3 (16,214 acre·ft)[1]
Catchment area 856.2 km2 (331 sq mi)
Power station
Commission date 28 July 1989
Hydraulic head 19.8 m (65 ft)
Installed capacity 65 MW

Tadami Dam is a rock-fill embankment dam on the Tadami River near Tadami in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. It was constructed between 1981 and 1989 for the purposes of hydroelectric power generation and controlling the outflows of the Tagokura Dam. It supports a 65 MW power station.[2]

See also

References

  1. "Dam Tadami" (in Japanese). DamSite. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  2. "Tohoku Electric Power Plant Uwada" (in Japanese). Suiryoku. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
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