CATAPEREIRO DAM |
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| PURPOSE - Hydroelectric | |
| LOCATION | GENERAL FEATURES |
| District -
Guarda Municipality - Vila Nova de Foz Côa River Basin - Douro River - Teja river |
Promoting entity
- Fozcôainvest, Empreendimentos Imobiliários e Turísticos, S.A. Owner (RSB) - Engineering by - PEEC Project year - 1992 Year of completion - 1999 |
| HYDROLOGY | RESERVOIR |
| River basin area
- 188 km2 Mean annual rainfall - 689,08 mm Mean annual runoff - 57,71 x 1000 m3 Flood runoff - 248,08 m3/s Return period - 1000 years |
Reservoir area -
435 x 1000m2 Gross capacity - 4085,3 x 1000m3 Effective storage - 4000 x 1000m3 Dead storage - 85,3 x 1000m3 Normal water level (NWL) - 427,5 m Minimum operating level - 429,57 m |
| DAM | |
| Concrete - Curved
gravity dam Height above foundation - 37,5 m Height above streambed - 33,5 m Crest elevation - 430,1 m Crest length - 134,4 m Foundation - Rock |
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| SPILLWAY | BOTTOM OUTLET |
| Localização - Inn
the dam body Control type - Uncontrolled Spillway type - WES crest Sill elevation - 427,5 m Maximum discharge - 424 m3/s Energy dissipation - Plunge pool |
Type - Through
the dam Section - d 1,00 m Maximum discharge - 15,54 m3/s Upstream control - Gate Downstream control - Hollow jet valve Energy dissipation - Hollow jet and scour holes |
| POWER PLANT | |
| Type - Building Number of installed units - 2 Type of units - Pelton with horizontal axis Power installed capacity - 4 MW |
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