CAMPILHAS DAM

PURPOSE - Water supply / Irrigation
LOCATION GENERAL FEATURES
District - Setúbal
Municipality - Santiago do Cacém
Site - Cercal
River Basin - Sado
River - Campilhas river
Promoting entity - INAG
Owner (RSB) - A.R.B.de Campilhas e Alto Sado
Engineering by - JAOHA
Construction by - SOCOL/JAOHA
Project year - 1941
Year of completion - 1954
HYDROLOGY RESERVOIR
River basin area - 109 km2
Mean annual rainfall - 729,8 mm
Mean annual runoff - 22268 x 1000 m3
Flood runoff - 722 m3/s

Reservoir area - 3330 x 1000m2
Gross capacity - 27156 x 1000m3
Effective storage - 26156 x 1000m3
Dead storage - 1000 x 1000m3
Normal water level (NWL) - 108 m
Maximum flood level (MFL) - 109,15 m
Minimum operating level - 92,53 m
DAM
Earthfill - Zoned embankment with concrete curtain
Height above foundation - 35 m
Height above streambed - 28 m
Crest elevation - 111,5 m
Crest length - 711 m
Crest width - 8 m
Foundation - Schist and greywacke
Volume of dam body - 680 x 1000 m3
SPILLWAY BOTTOM OUTLET
Location - Right bank
Control type - Uncontrolled
Spillway type - Shaft spillway
Sill elevation - 108 m
Sill length - 60 m
Maximum discharge - 124 m3/s
Energy dissipation - Hydraulic jump
Location - Right bank
Type - Rock tunnel
Section - d 1,0 m
Maximum discharge - 114 m3/s
Upstream control - Sluice gate
Downstream control - Sluice gate
Energy dissipation - Hydraulic jump
POWER PLANT
Type - Contiguous to the dam
Mean annual energy output - 0,54 GWh


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