The Bao-Tavera Dam Complex refers to two earth-filled

embankment dam An embankment dam is a large artificial dam. It is typically created by the placement and compaction of a complex semi-plastic mound of various compositions of soil or rock. It has a semi-pervious waterproof natural covering for its surface and ...

s located about south of

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in Santiago Province of the

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. The Bao Dam on the

Bao River Bao River, Baohe (), or Baoshui () is a river in southern Shaanxi Province, China. The river, a tributary of the Han River in the Yangtze River The Yangtze or Yangzi ( or ; ) is the longest list of rivers of Asia, river in Asia, the ...

is and withholds a reservoir with a maximum storage capacity of . It is the second tallest dam in the country behind the Monción Dam. The Tavera Dam, about east of Bao Dam, on the river

Yaque del Norte The Yaque Del Norte River (Spanish, ''Río Yaque del Norte'') is the longest river in the Dominican Republic, as well as the second longest river on Hispaniola, behind the Artibonite River. It is 296 km long and flows northwest into the Atlantic ...

is high and has a reservoir with a capacity of . A canal connects each reservoir, making them a complex. The purpose of the complex is to provide municipal water, water for

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and to generate

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power. Water from the Tavera Reservoir is piped downstream to the Tavera Hydroelectric Plant which is situated on the right bank of the Bao River before it meets the Yaque del Norte River. The power station contains two 48 MW

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-generators for an installed capacity of 96 MW. Construction on the Tavera Dam began in September 1969 and it was completed on 27 September 1973. The Bao Dam was completed in 1981. The power station was upgraded from 80 MW to 96 MW in 1992.

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