Jiangkou Reservoir Explained

Jiangkou Reservoir
Pushpin Map:Chongqing
Location:Wulong County, Chongqing Municipality
Coords:29.2367°N 107.8922°W
Lake Type:reservoir
Inflow:Furong River
Outflow:Furong River
Basin Countries:People's Republic of China
Date-Built:May 1999 - October 2003
Depth:300m (1,000feet)
Volume:0.497km3

The Jiangkou Reservoir is a large scale reservoir in Wulong County, Chongqing Municipality, People's Republic of China constructed for the primary purpose of generating hydroelectricity.

Built at a cost of 1.95 billion RMB, the reservoir's concrete hyperbolic arch dam in Jiankou Town (江口镇) 2km (01miles) from the confluence of the Wu and Furong Rivers houses a hydroelectric power plant with an installed capacity of 300 MW.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. (In Chinese) Jiangkou Hydroelectric Power Station Summary (江口水电站项目简介)
  2. Temperature control design at the Jiangkou HEP Station (江口混凝土拱坝的温度控制设计) . Su Shi (苏石),Yang Minggang (杨明刚),Zhao Dan (赵丹). Collected research papers from the 2004 hydraulic specialists conference (2004年水工专委会学术交流会议学术论文集 . 2004 . etal.