Tadami Dam

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Tadami Dam
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Location of Tadami Dam in Japan
Location Fukushima Prefecture
Coordinates 37°20′08″N139°18′04″E / 37.33556°N 139.30111°E / 37.33556; 139.30111
Construction began1981
Opening date1989
Dam and spillways
Impounds Tadami River
Height29 m (95 ft)
Length582 m (1,909 ft)
Dam volume400,000 m3 (523,180 cu yd)
Reservoir
Total capacity45,000,000 m3 (36,482  acre⋅ft)
Active capacity20,000,000 m3 (16,214  acre⋅ft) [1]
Catchment area 856.2 km2 (331 sq mi)
Power Station
Commission date28 July 1989
Hydraulic head 19.8 m (65 ft)
Installed capacity 65 MW

Tadami Dam is a rock-fill embankment dam on the Tadami River near Tadami in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. It was constructed between 1981 and 1989 for the purposes of hydroelectric power generation and controlling the outflows of the Tagokura Dam. It supports a 65 MW power station. [2]

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References

  1. "Dam Tadami" (in Japanese). DamSite. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  2. "Tohoku Electric Power Plant Uwada" (in Japanese). Suiryoku. Retrieved 27 August 2011.