The El Cajón Dam is a

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on the

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in the

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. Construction began in 2003 and was completed in June 2007. It cost

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800 million to build. It is long and is high. The reservoir holds approximately of water, and the generators are capable of producing of electricity. The dam is operated by the

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, a state-owned Mexican electric company. Throughout the construction of the El Cajón Dam, the following is estimated: * Rock fill with concrete face dam * A cost of 800 million dollars * An economic benefit of 2 billion

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(160 million dollars) * The creation of approximately 10,000 direct and

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* The improvement of access roads that will benefit up to 20,000 inhabitants belonging to 40 communities * An annual mean power generation of 1,228

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, approximately 1.5 times the annual consumption of

* An installed capacity of * An approximate annual savings of two million barrels of

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* An increase in the firm power generation of the Aguamilpa Hydroelectric Station, due to the regulation of the

and its effluents in the basin, as well as the diversification of the primary energy sources in the National Electric System.

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Dams in Mexico Hydroelectric power stations in Mexico Buildings and structures in Nayarit Concrete-face rock-fill dams Dams completed in 2007 Dams on the Río Grande de Santiago 2007 establishments in Mexico Energy infrastructure completed in 2012 {{Mexico-struct-stub

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