VALE SOEIRO DAM

PURPOSE - Hydroelectric
LOCATION GENERAL FEATURES
District - Viseu
Municipality - Castro Daire
Site - Vale Soeiro
River Basin - Douro
River - Paiva river
Promoting entity - Generg Gestão e Projecto de Energia, SA
Owner (RSB) -
Engineering by- Hidrowatt , SA
Year of completion - 1994
HYDROLOGY  RESERVOIR
River basin area - 290 km2 Normal water level (NWL) - 428 m
Maximum flood level (MFL) - 432,58 m
DAM
Concrete - Gravity dam
Height above foundation - 15 m
Height above streambed - 13 m
Crest elevation - 433 m
Crest length - 45 m
SPILLWAY
Control type - Uncontrolled
Maximum discharge - 530 m3/s


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