Lake Vrutak | |||||||||||||
Pushpin Map: | Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||||||||||||
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Southern Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||||||||||||
Location: | Hutovo village in Popovo Polje | ||||||||||||
Coords: | 42.9347°N 17.831°W | ||||||||||||
Type: | Compensation basin for Pump-Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant "Čapljina" (part of Hydroelectric Power System "Donji Horizonti" (English: "Lower Horizons") on Trebišnjica river) | ||||||||||||
Catchment: | Trebišnjica/Neretva | ||||||||||||
Basin Countries: | Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||||||||||||
Area: | 1km2 | ||||||||||||
Volume: | 1e6m3 | ||||||||||||
Elevation: | 270m (890feet) | ||||||||||||
Cities: | Hutovo village, Čapljina | ||||||||||||
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Lake Vrutak is artificial reservoir on the Trebišnjica river in Popovo Polje, near Hutovo village, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The lake serves as compensation and storage basin for Pump-Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant "Čapljina".
Lake Vrutak is the last and smallest of three artificial reservoirs in hydroelectric power plant system Trebišnjica - HES "Donji Horizonti", and serves as compensation basin for Pump-Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant "Čapljina". Other two being Bilećko Lake, the first and largest, and flow-regulation (compensation) basin Trebinjsko Lake just upstream of Trebinje.[1] [2]