Atasu Dam | |
Name Official: | Atasu Baraji |
Location Map: | Turkey |
Coordinates: | 40.8561°N 39.6994°W |
Country: | Turkey |
Location: | Trabzon |
Construction Began: | 1998 |
Opening: | 2010 |
Owner: | Turkish State Hydraulic Works |
Dam Type: | Embankment, concrete-face rock-fill |
Dam Height: | 1180NaN0 |
Dam Length: | 3720NaN0 |
Dam Width Crest: | 80NaN0 |
Dam Volume: | 38000000NaN0 |
Dam Crosses: | Galyan River |
Res Name: | 360000000NaN0[1] |
Res Surface: | 10NaN0 |
Plant Capacity: | 5 MW |
Plant Annual Gen: | 27 GWh |
Atasu Dam is a concrete-face rock-fill dam on the Gaylan River, 160NaN0 south of Trabzon in Trabzon Province, Turkey. It was built between 1998 and 2010 for the primary purpose of drinking water supply but also has a 5 MW hydroelectric power station.[2]