Sardasht Dam

Dam in Sardasht County, West Azerbaijan

36°04′51.8″N 45°33′59.1″E / 36.081056°N 45.566417°E / 36.081056; 45.566417StatusoperationalConstruction began2011Opening date2018Owner(s)Iran Water and Power Resources Development CompanyDam and spillwaysType of damEmbankment, rock-fill earth coreImpoundsLittle ZabHeight116 m (381 ft)Length275 m (902 ft)ReservoirTotal capacity545,000,000 m³ (441,839 acre⋅ft)Power StationInstalled capacity150 MWAnnual generation482 GWh

The Sardasht Dam (Persian: سد سردشت) is an embankment dam on the Little Zab 13 km (8 mi) southeast of Sardasht in the Iranian province of West Azerbaijan. Reconnaissance studies for the dam were completed in 1999 by Moshanir Consulting Engineers Company.^[1] It is a 116 m (381 ft) tall and 275 m (902 ft) long rock-fill earth core dam. It has a hydroelectric power station with an installed capacity of 150 MW and expected annual generation of 482 GWh.^[2] The construction contract for the dam was awarded in 2009.^[3]^[4] Official construction on the dam began in 2011.^[5] The river diversion tunnels were complete in November 2012 in a ceremony attended by Iran's Ministry of Energy Majid Namjoo.^[6] The dam began to impound its reservoir on 22 June 2017.^[7]

References

^ "IWPC Tender". Iran Water and Power Resources Development Company. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
^ "Hydroelectric Project Activity" (in Persian). Farab Energy and Water. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
^ "Sardasht Dam and Powerhouse Project". SEPASAD Engineering Co. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
^ "Projects - Sardasht Dam and Powerhouse". SEPASAD Engineering Co. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
^ "Construction of dams and hydroelectric power plant began operation Sardasht" (in Persian). Shasa. 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
^ بهره برداری از سیستم انحراف آب سد سردشت با حضور وزیر نیرو آغاز شد (in Persian). WNN.ir. 12 November 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
^ "Water Starts Flowing Into Sardasht Dam". Financial Tribune. 24 June 2017.