Wadi Wishka Dam Explained

Wadi Wishka Dam
Location Map:	Libya
Coordinates:	28.8322°N 15.6233°W
Country:	Libya
Location:	Sokna
Status:	O
Construction Began:	2004
Opening:	2006
Cost:	US$5 million
Dam Height:	250NaN0
Dam Length:	1600NaN0
Dam Crosses:	Wadi Wishka
Res Capacity Total:	82000m^2^[1]

The Wadi Wishka Dam is a concrete-face rock-fill embankment dam located on Wadi Wishka, 290NaN0 southwest of Sokna in the Fezzan region of Libya. The primary purpose of the dam is flood control and water.^[2] Construction on the dam began in 2004 and it was completed in 2006 at a cost of US$5 million.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Great Man-made River Project. Al Nahr Engineering Limited. 21 August 2011.
2. Web site: Wadi Wishka Dam, Libya. Aurecon. 21 August 2011.
3. Web site: National Investment Brief. High-Level Conference on: Water for Agriculture and Energy in Africa: the Challenges of Climate Change. 21 August 2011. December 2008. 26 March 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120326000550/http://www.sirtewaterandenergy.org/docs/reports/Libya-Draft2.pdf. dead.