The Ulu Tutong Dam is an

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on the Sungai Tutong River in

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. The primary purpose of the dam is to increase water supply in Tutong and

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s by as much as annually. It has a normal reservoir volume of , making it the largest water supply project in the country. In February 2010

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won the bid to construct the US$63 million project and construction began soon thereafter. It was originally expected to be complete in February 2014 but the date was pushed to February 2015 due to difficulties at the construction site. It was eventually fully completed in February 2017. In July 2018, it was officially renamed Ulu Tutong

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Dam by

Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Hassanal Bolkiah ibni Omar Ali Saifuddien III ( Jawi: ; born 15 July 1946) is the 29th and current Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan of Brunei since 1967 and the Prime Minister of Brunei since independence from the United Kingdom in 1984. He is one ...

. The dam is owned by the Public Works Department of Brunei.

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