Satpara Dam

Satpara Dam
Satpara Dam
	Satpara Dam
	Location of dam in Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan Satpara Dam (Pakistan)
Official name	Satpara Dam
Location	Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Coordinates	35°14′40″N 75°38′15″E / 35.24444°N 75.63750°E
Status	Operational
Construction began	April 2009
Opening date	November 2011
Owner(s)	Government of Pakistan
Operator(s)	Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA)
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Concrete-faced earth-filled
Impounds	Satpara Stream
Height	128 ft (39 m)
Length	560 ft (170 m)
Reservoir
Creates	Satpara Lake
Power Station
Installed capacity	17.366 MW

Satpara Dam is a medium-size multi-purpose concrete-faced earth-filled dam located downstream from Satpara Lake on the Satpara Stream approximately 4 km from the town of Skardu in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.

The dam has enlarged the size of Satpara Lake, generates 17.36 MW of hydroelectricity, supplies power to approximately 30,000 households in the Skardu Valley, irrigates 15,536 acres (62.87 km²) of land and supplies 3.1 million gallons per day of drinking water to Skardu city.^[1] Annual agricultural output in the Skardu Valley is expected to increase more than four-fold, generating about $6 million in additional annual economic benefits to local communities.^[2]

Construction of Satpara Dam commenced in April 2003 and completion was scheduled in November 2011. Power House Unit No. 1 came online on 6 October 2007 and Unit No. 2 on 30 December 2008. On 7 January 2011, the Government of Pakistan and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) entered into an Enhanced Partnership Agreement under which USAID agreed to provide US$26 million for the construction of Power House Units Nos. 3 and 4 and completion of the remaining works on the dam.^[1] Power House Unit No. 3 started commercial operation in May 2013 and Unit No. 4 in June 2013.^[1]

The dam became operational in April 2013.^[3]

Salient features

Dam:
Type: Earth-filled
Length: 560 ft.
Height: 128 ft.
Width (at top): 80 ft.

Spillway:
Spillway length: 1,075 ft.
Spillway width: 50 ft.
Spillway capacity: 5000 ft 3/s

Reservoir capacity (gross): 0.0932 MAF (93,385 AF)
Reservoir capacity (live): 0.0521 MAF (51,484 AF)
Power generation capacity: 17.366 MW
Irrigation system: LBC 51933 ft., RBC 58000 ft.

Canal Length:
Left Bank Canal: 59,000 Ft.
Right Bank Canal : 30,000 Ft.

Command Area:
Total: 10,131 acres (41.00 km²)
Left Bank Canal: 8,119 acres (32.86 km²)
Right Bank Canal: 2,012 acres (8.14 km²)

Construction:
Contractor: hi tech lubricants Ltd.
Man-hours: 2.4 million
Peak manpower: 450