Egawa Dam (江川ダム) is a dam in Asakura, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The dam was completed in 1972.[1][2][3][4][5]

Egawa Dam
LocationAsakura, Fukuoka, Japan
Coordinates33°27′36″N 130°44′03″E / 33.46°N 130.734167°E / 33.46; 130.734167
Construction began1967
Opening date1972
Dam and spillways
Type of damConcrete gravity dam
ImpoundsKoishiharagawa River
Height79.2 m
Length297.9 m
Reservoir
Total capacity25,326,000 m3
Catchment area30.0 km2
Surface area86 hectares

References

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  1. ^ Egawa Dam (Fukuoka Pref.) - Dams in Japan
  2. ^ Egawa Dam - Northern Kyushu Area, Japan Water Agency
  3. ^ Page 81, Dams in Japan: Past, Present and Future, edited by Japan Commission on Large Dams - JCOLD, CRC Press, 6 Feb 2018, ISBN 9781134006199, ...In response to such drought disasters and rising urban water usage, multi-purpose dams were constructed for Futuoka City: the Egawa Dam(JAW, 1972) on the Chikugo River System...
  4. ^ Page 216, Groundwater Response to Changing Climate, (IAH - Selected Papers on Hydrogeology), Editors: Makoto Taniguchi, Ian P. Holman, CRC Press, 2010, ISBN 9780203852835, ...Cropland abandonment and urbanization increased recently, although the arrangement of the irrigation networks and the arable land holds were upgraded by the construction of Egawa Dam and Terauchi Dam and were made into rice fields in the 1960s...
  5. ^ Egawa dam (the 1972 completion) Egawa Dam / Saga, October 23, 2015, Saga prefectural government