Mingde Dam () is a rockfill dam across the Laotianliao River in central Touwu Township,

Miaoli County Miaoli County (Mandarin Pinyin: ''miáo lì xiàn''; Hakka PFS: ''Mèu-li̍t-yen''; Hokkien POJ: ''Biâu-le̍k-koān'' or ''Miâu-le̍k-koān'') is a county in western Taiwan. Miaoli is adjacent with Hsinchu County and Hsinchu City to the nort ...

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. The Mingde Reservoir ( ''Míngdé Shuǐkù'') behind the dam serves mainly for irrigation and municipal water supply for

Miaoli City Miaoli City (Wade–Giles: ''Miao²-li⁴''; Hakka PFS: ''Mèu-li̍t-sṳ''; Hokkien POJ: ''Biâu-le̍k-chhī'' or ''Miâu-le̍k-chhī'') is a county-administered city and the county seat of Miaoli County, Taiwan. Miaoli has a relatively h ...

. The dam consists of a main embankment high and long, holding back a reservoir with a capacity of 17.1 million cubic metres (14,350

acre feet The acre-foot is a non- SI unit of volume equal to about commonly used in the United States in reference to large-scale water resources, such as reservoirs, aqueducts, canals, sewer flow capacity, irrigation water, and river flows. An acre-f ...

). The dam and reservoir control runoff from a catchment area of . A

spillway A spillway is a structure used to provide the controlled release of water downstream from a dam or levee, typically into the riverbed of the dammed river itself. In the United Kingdom, they may be known as overflow channels. Spillways ensure tha ...

located to the north of the main dam consists of a six-bay gated overflow section, with a release capacity of .

History

The dam was built in 1966–1970.

References

1970 establishments in Taiwan Dams completed in 1970 Dams in Miaoli County Rock-filled dams {{Taiwan-dam-stub

History

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