Krichim Dam is a dam on the

Vacha River The Vacha (, ) is a river in south Bulgaria, one of the main right tributaries of the Maritsa. It is 104 km long and is formed by the confluence of the rivers Buynovska (cirillic: Буйновска река), Trigradska (cirillic: тригр ...

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

. It is part of the

Vacha Cascade Joint Implementation Project Vacha may refer to: *Acorus calamus, Vacha (Sk 'to speak') an ayurvedic medicine, mentioned in the bible *Vacha Reservoir, a reservoir in Bulgaria * Vacha (river), a river in Bulgaria * Vacha (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft), a ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' ...

involving three more dams and four power stations. The three existing dams on the

are the

Vacha Dam Vacha Reservoir ( Yazovir Vacha; before 1999: Antonivanovtsi Reservoir) is a body of water associated with a dam in Devin Municipality, south Bulgaria. It is part of the Vacha Cascade Joint Implementation Project involving three more dams and f ...

Tsankov Dam Tsankov Dam is a dam on the Vacha River, Bulgaria. It is part of the Vacha Cascade Joint Implementation Project involving three more dams and four power stations. The two other existing dams on the Vacha River are the Vacha Dam Vacha Reservoir ( Y ...

, and the

Kamak Dam The Tsankov Kamak Hydroelectric Power Plant, also Tsankov Kamak HPP, comprises an arch dam and hydroelectric power plant (HPP) in Tsankov Kamak, southwestern Bulgaria. It is situated on the Vacha River in Smolyan Province, on the borders of Paza ...

. The concrete dam was in its implementation stage as of 2011. The dam supports the 80 MW

Krichim Hydro Power Plant The Krichim Hydro Power Plant is an active hydro power project in Krichim, Bulgaria. It has 4 individual turbine A turbine ( or ) (from the Greek , ''tyrbē'', or Latin ''turbo'', meaning vortex) is a rotary mechanical device that extracts ene ...

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