Hali Dam | |
Location Map: | Saudi Arabia |
Coordinates: | 18.7679°N 41.5745°W |
Country: | Saudi Arabia |
Location: | Kead, Makkah Province |
Purpose: | Flood control, irrigation, municipal water, groundwater recharge |
Construction Began: | 2003 |
Owner: | Ministry of Water and Electricity |
Dam Type: | Gravity |
Dam Crosses: | Wadi Hali |
Dam Length: | 384m (1,260feet) |
Dam Height Foundation: | 95m (312feet) |
Dam Height Thalweg: | 57m (187feet) |
Dam Width Crest: | 8m (26feet) |
Dam Width Base: | 71m (233feet) |
Dam Volume: | 690000m2 |
Spillway Type: | Overflow, 12 openings |
Spillway Capacity: | 7856m3/s |
Res Capacity Total: | 249860000m2 |
Res Catchment: | 4843km2 |
Res Surface: | 15km2 |
The Hali Dam is a gravity dam on Wadi Hali about 14km (09miles) east of Keyad in Makkah Province of southwestern Saudi Arabia. The dam has many purposes to include flood control, irrigation, municipal water supply and groundwater recharge. The dam's reservoir has a total storage of 249860000m2, making it the second largest in the country after the King Fahad Dam. The dam was constructed between 2003 and 2009. It is owned and operated by the Ministry of Water and Electricity.[1] [2]