Koudiat Acerdoune Dam
The Koudiat Acerdoune Dam is a gravity dam located 9.5 km (6 mi) southwest of Kadiria on the Isser River in Bouïra Province, Algeria. The dam was constructed between 2002 and 2008 with the roller-compacted concrete technique. It serves the purpose of providing water for industrial, irrigation and municipal uses. It retains a 640,000,000 m (518,856 acre⋅ft) capacity reservoir which supplies water for the irrigation of 20,000 ha (49,421 acres) of land along with providing the Algiers region with 178,000,000 m (144,307 acre⋅ft) of drinking water annually.
References
- ^ "Koudiat Acerdoune Dam, Algeria". PERI. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
- ^ "The Dam Builder's Dream" (PDF). Mining and Construction. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
External links
Media related to Koudiat Acerdoune Dam at Wikimedia Commons
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