Sidi Salem Dam | |
Name Official: | Barrage Sidi Salem |
Location Map: | Tunisia |
Coordinates: | 36.5906°N 9.3969°W |
Country: | Tunisia |
Location: | Testour |
Status: | O |
Construction Began: | 1977 |
Opening: | 1981 |
Dam Type: | Embankment |
Dam Height: | 73m (240feet) |
Dam Length: | 345m (1,132feet) |
Dam Width Crest: | 9.5m (31.2feet) |
Dam Volume: | 4500000m2 |
Dam Crosses: | Medjerda River |
Spillway Capacity: | 4300m3/s |
Res Capacity Total: | 650e6m3 |
Plant Hydraulic Head: | 75m (246feet) avg. |
Plant Capacity: | 12MW |
The Sidi Salem Dam is the largest embankment dam in Tunisia located northwest of Testour on the Medjerda River in Béja Governorate, Tunisia. Constructed between 1977 and 1981, the dams supplies water for irrigation and supports a power station.[1]