Wadagawa Dam Explained

Wadagawa Dam
Location Map:Japan
Coordinates:36.6546°N 137.0395°W
Country:Japan
Location:Tonami, Toyama Prefecture
Purpose:Irrigation, flood control, power
Status:O
Construction Began:1962
Opening:1967
Owner:Toyama Prefecture
Dam Type:Gravity
Dam Height:21m (69feet)
Dam Length:137m (449feet)
Dam Volume:23000m2
Dam Crosses:Wadagawa River
Res Capacity Total:3070000m2
Res Capacity Active:1900000m2
Plant Hydraulic Head:18.15m (59.55feet)
Plant Commission:December 1968
Plant Turbines:2 x 3.7 MW Kaplan-type
Plant Capacity:7.4 MW
Plant Annual Gen:40 GWh[1]

The Wadagawa Dam is a gravity dam on the Wadagawa River (a tributary of the Shō River) in Tonami, Toyama Prefecture, Japan. It was constructed between 1962 and 1967. The dam has an associated 7.4 MW hydroelectric power station which was commissioned in 1968. Of the dams in the Shō River system, it is the furthest downstream.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Zhuang east second power plant. Toyama Prefectural Office. 15 July 2013. Japanese.
  2. Web site: Wadagawa Dam. Japan Dam Handbook. 15 July 2013. Japanese.