Lipsko Lake Explained

Lipsko Lake
Pushpin Map:Bosnia and Herzegovina
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Western Bosnia
Location:Livanjsko Polje near Lipa (Livno)
Coords:43.7528°N 16.9174°W
Type:Compensation basin for HPP "Orlovac"[1]
Catchment:Livanjsko Polje/Bistrica (Livanjsko Polje)/Cetina
Basin Countries:Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia
Area:1km2
Volume:1e6m3
Elevation:716m (2,349feet)
Cities:Livno
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Lipsko Lake is an artificial lake of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in the municipality of Livno.

Hydropower and irrigation system

At 20,3 kilometers the Bistrica finally reaches Lipsko Lake, near village of Lipa, which is first and smaller of two artificial reservoirs in hydroelectric power plant system Buško Blato - HPP "Orlovac", other being Buško Blato reservoir. In this system Lipsko Lake is a compensation basin and serves for regulation of an outflow of water toward intake facility at penstock station "Lipa" at the foot of Kamešnica mountain, and across the border into Croatia where hydroelectric power plant "HE Orlovac" is situated. Lipsko Lake is connected with much larger reservoir of Buško Blato, whose head can rise above head of Lipsko Lake up to several meters, via the reversible canal of "Lipsko-Buško" where it stores an excess waters from Livanjsko Polje and the Bistrica, especially during flooding season and high precipitation periods. For transfer of these waters over the barrage "Podgradina", at village Podgradina, into Buško Blato reservoir, system uses reversible pumping station "Buško Blato", built at the point where canal reaches barrage.[1] [2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: HEP-Proizvodnja d.o.o. - Hydro South . proizvodnja.hep.hr . 24 July 2018.
  2. Web site: Tušnica - Buško Blato - Livanjsko Polje . DINARSKO GORJE . 21 July 2018 . hr.