Monción Dam

Monción Dam
Location of Monción Dam in Dominican Republic
Official name Presa Monción
Country Dominican Republic
Location Monción, Santiago Rodríguez Province
Coordinates 19°24′19.95″N 71°7′8.82″W / 19.4055417°N 71.1191167°W / 19.4055417; -71.1191167Coordinates: 19°24′19.95″N 71°7′8.82″W / 19.4055417°N 71.1191167°W / 19.4055417; -71.1191167
Purpose Power, irrigation
Status Operational
Opening date 2001 (2001)
Owner(s) Dominican Hydroelectric Generation Company
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Embankment, earth-fill clay-core
Impounds Mao River
Height 119 m (390 ft)
Dam volume 2,890,000 m3 (3,780,000 cu yd)
Spillway capacity 5,750 m3/s (203,000 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
Total capacity 370,000,000 m3 (300,000 acre·ft)
Surface area 11.2 km2 (4.3 sq mi)
Normal elevation 280 m (920 ft)
Monción Hydroelectric Station
Coordinates 19°25′36.35″N 71°5′28.48″W / 19.4267639°N 71.0912444°W / 19.4267639; -71.0912444
Commission date 2002
Turbines 2 x 26 MW Francis-type
Installed capacity 52 MW

The Monción Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Mao River near Monción in Santiago Rodríguez Province of the Dominican Republic. At 119 m (390 ft) tall, it is the highest dam in the country. The purpose of the dam is to produce hydroelectric power and supply water for irrigation. The dam's power station is located downstream and contains two 26 MW Francis turbine-generators for an installed capacity of 52 MW. The dam was completed and began filling its reservoir on 22 September 2001. Its power station was commissioned on 27 April 2002.[1][2][3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Presa Moncion" (in Spanish). Arqhys Architecture. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  2. ↑ "Reference List" (PDF). Ansaldoksa. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  3. ↑ "Data Plant: Monción" (in Spanish). Dominican Hydroelectric Generation Company. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
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