| Emborcação Dam | |
| Name Official: | Usina de Emborcação |
| Dam Crosses: | Paranaíba River |
| Location: | Araguari, MG, Brazil |
| Dam Type: | Embankment |
| Dam Length: | 1507m (4,944feet) |
| Dam Height: | 158m (518feet) |
| Spillway Type: | Service, gate-controlled |
| Construction Began: | 1977 |
| Opening: | 1983 |
| Cost: | $380 million USD |
| Owner: | CEMIG |
| Res Name: | Emborcação Reservoir |
| Res Capacity Total: | 17.6km3 |
| Res Surface: | 703km2 |
| Plant Type: | C |
| Plant Turbines: | 4 x Francis turbines |
| Plant Capacity: | 1192MW |
| Plant Commission: | 1982-1983 |
| Location Map: | Brazil |
| Coordinates: | -18.4469°N -47.9864°W |
The Emborcação Dam, also known as Theodomiro Santiago, is an embankment dam on the Paranaíba River near Araguari in Minas Gerais, Brazil. It was constructed for hydroelectric power production and flood control.
Feasibility studies for the dam occurred in 1971 and in June 1977, construction on the dam began. In August 1981, the dam began to impound the reservoir and the first generator became operation in 1982, the last in 1983. The dam was inaugurated in 1983 by Brazilian president João Batista Figueiredo.[1]
The dam is long and tall and withholds a reservoir with a capacity of 17.6km3 and surface area of .
The dam's power plant contains four generators powered by Francis turbines for a total installed capacity of .[2] [3]