The Saguling Dam is an embankment dam on the headwater of

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. It is located west of Bandung. Construction began in 1983. The reservoir had filled by 1985 and the first generator was operational in 1986. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation but it also provides for water supply and aquaculture. The tall dam is rock-fill embankment-type with watertight core that withholds a reservoir with a capacity of . Its power station has 4 x 175 MW Francis turbine generators with an installed capacity of 700 MW. Including land acquisition, the cost of the dam with power plant was about $US 663 million. The installed capacity of the power plant might be expanded to 1,400 MW in the future. The construction of the dam resulted in displacement of nearly 60,000 people.M.M. Cernea, ''Hydropower Dams and Social Impacts: A Sociological Perspective'', World Bank Washington DC, 1997; B. Terminski, ''Development-Induced Displacement and Resettlement: Theoretical Frameworks and Current Challenges'', Geneva, 2013 File:Saguling_Lake.jpg, A view from Saguling lake.

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