Sidi el Barrak Dam explained

Sidi El Barrak Dam
Name Official:Barrage Sidi El Barrak
Location Map:Tunisia
Coordinates:37.0247°N 8.9364°W
Country:Tunisia
Construction Began:1994
Opening:2000
Dam Type:Embankment
Dam Height:300NaN0
Dam Length:5000NaN0
Dam Volume:27000000NaN0
Dam Crosses:Oued Zouara River
Spillway Capacity:5170NaN0
Res Capacity Total:264000000m2

The Sidi El Barrak Dam is an embankment dam centred 180NaN0 northeast of Tabarka and 20NaN0 from the Mediterranean Sea on the Oued Zouara River in the Beja Governorate, Tunisia. Constructed between 1994 and 2000, the primary purpose of the dam is water supply.[1] As part of the Sidi el Barrak Development Project, water stored in the dam is pumped to the Seyjame Dam, at a rate of 265000000m2 annually. This water is supplied to Tunis, Cap Bon and the Sahel including Sfax for municipal use as well as agricultural purposes. The entire project was completed in 2002.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sidi el Barrak. Hidrotehnika-Hidroenergetika. 22 August 2011.
  2. Web site: Sidi el Barrak Dam Completion Report. African Development Bank. 22 August 2011. November 2002.