The Monción Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Mao River near Monción in Santiago Rodríguez Province of the Dominican Republic. At 119 m (390 ft) tall, it is the highest dam in the country and the Caribbean. The purpose of the dam is to produce hydroelectric power and supply water for irrigation. The dam's power station is located downstream and contains two 26 MW Francis turbine-generators for an installed capacity of 52 MW. The dam was completed and began filling its reservoir on 22 September 2001. Its power station was commissioned on 27 April 2002.[1][2][3]
| Monción Dam | |
|---|---|
  Location of Monción Dam in the Dominican Republic | |
| Official name | Presa Monción |
| Country | Dominican Republic |
| Location | Monción, Santiago Rodríguez Province |
| Coordinates | 19°24′19.95″N 71°7′8.82″W / 19.4055417°N 71.1191167°W |
| Purpose | Power, irrigation |
| Status | Operational |
| Opening date | 2001 |
| Owner(s) | Dominican Hydroelectric Generation Company |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Type of dam | Embankment, earth-fill clay-core |
| Impounds | Mao River |
| Height | 119 m (390 ft) |
| Dam volume | 2,890,000 m3 (3,780,000 cu yd) |
| Spillway capacity | 5,750 m3/s (203,000 cu ft/s) |
| Reservoir | |
| Total capacity | 370,000,000 m3 (300,000 acre⋅ft) |
| Surface area | 11.2 km2 (4.3 sq mi) |
| Normal elevation | 280 m (920 ft) |
| Monción Hydroelectric Station | |
| Coordinates | 19°25′36.35″N 71°5′28.48″W / 19.4267639°N 71.0912444°W |
| Commission date | 2002 |
| Turbines | 2 x 26 MW Francis-type |
| Installed capacity | 52 MW |
See also
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References
edit- ^ "Presa Moncion" (in Spanish). Arqhys Architecture. 4 December 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- ^ "Reference List" (PDF). Ansaldoksa. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 April 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- ^ "Data Plant: Monción" (in Spanish). Dominican Hydroelectric Generation Company. Retrieved 23 April 2014.