Haba River Shankou Dam Explained

Haba River Shankou Dam
Name Official:哈巴河山口水电站
Location Map:China
Coordinates:48.1836°N 86.4264°W
Country:China
Location:Habahe County
Purpose:Power, water supply, irrigation, flood control
Status:O
Construction Began:1992
Dam Type:Embankment, concrete-face rock-fill
Dam Crosses:Haba River
Dam Length:550m (1,800feet)
Dam Height:40.5m (132.9feet)
Dam Elevation Crest:627m (2,057feet)
Dam Width Crest:7m (23feet)
Spillway Capacity:800m3/s
Res Capacity Total:50000000m2
Res Capacity Active:33000000m2
Plant Commission:1997
Plant Turbines:4 x 6.3 MW Francis-type
Plant Capacity:25.2 MW
Plant Annual Gen:109 million kWh

The Haba River Shankou Dam (Haba River Shankou Hydroelectric Station) is a concrete-face rock-fill dam on the Haba River, a tributary of the Irtysh. It is located in Habahe County of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation, flood control and water supply for civil and irrigation use. It supports a 25.2 MW power station.

The dam is located about 15 km north (upstream) of the Habahe county seat. It is the last, in the upstream-to-downstream order, of the Haba River cascade, which eventually will contain 4 dams.

Construction on the 40.5m (132.9feet) tall dam began in October 1992 and its reservoir began to fill on 30 December 1996. On 13 January 1997 the power station was operational and the entire project to include the irrigation works was complete in September 1998.[1] [2] [3]

The dam's reservoir holds 50 million cubic meters of water.[1]

Trivia

The word Shankou, which means "mountain pass", when written in Chinese characters (山口), the same as the Japanese word with the reading "Yamaguchi". Japan has several Yamaguchi Dams of its own.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 山口水电站 (Shankou Hydroelectric Station. Large Dam Safety Supervision Center. 7 March 2014. Chinese.
  2. Web site: 2003 already built, under construction 30 meters above rockfill dam Statistics. Chinese National Committee on Dams. 7 March 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150711102917/http://www.chincold.org.cn/zt/dams/zg2003-b3.xls. 11 July 2015.
  3. Web site: Construction technology of reinforced concrete pressure pipe branch Shankou Station. Power Safety. 7 March 2014. Chinese. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140307041537/http://www.powersafety.com.cn/default/Article/tech/sdjs/200704/22275.html. 7 March 2014.