Sidi el Barrak Dam

Dam in Beja, Tunisia
Dam
37°01′29″N 08°56′11″E / 37.02472°N 8.93639°E / 37.02472; 8.93639Construction began1994Opening date2000Dam and spillwaysType of damEmbankmentImpoundsOued Zouara RiverHeight30 m (98 ft)Length500 m (1,640 ft)Dam volume2,700,000 m3 (3,531,467 cu yd)Spillway capacity517 m3/s (18,258 cu ft/s)ReservoirTotal capacity264,000,000 m3 (214,028 acre⋅ft)
Ramsar Wetland
Official nameBarrage de Sidi El BarrakDesignated2 February 2012Reference no.2017[1]

The Sidi El Barrak Dam is an embankment dam centred 18 km (11 mi) northeast of Tabarka and 2 km (1 mi) 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.[2] As part of the Sidi el Barrak Development Project, water stored in the dam is pumped to the Seyjame Dam, at a rate of 265,000,000 m3 (214,839 acre⋅ft) 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.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Barrage de Sidi El Barrak". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Sidi el Barrak". Hidrotehnika-Hidroenergetika. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  3. ^ "Sidi el Barrak Dam Completion Report" (PDF). African Development Bank. November 2002. Retrieved 22 August 2011.


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