Satpara Dam is a medium-size multi-purpose concrete-faced earth-filled dam located downstream from

Satpara Lake Satpara sar Lake ( ur, سدپارہ سر جھیل) is a natural lake near Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the ...

on the Satpara Stream approximately 4 km from the town of

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in Gilgit-Baltistan,

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. The dam has enlarged the size of Satpara Lake, generates 17.36 MW of

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, supplies power to approximately 30,000 households in the Skardu Valley, irrigates of land and supplies 3.1 million gallons per day of drinking water to Skardu city.
/ref> Annual agricultural output in the Skardu Valley is expected to increase more than four-fold, generating about $6 million in additional annual economic benefits to local communities. Construction of Satpara Dam commenced in April 2003 and completion was scheduled in November 2011. Power House Unit No. 1 was completed and came online on 6 October 2007 and Unit No. 2 was completed and came online on 30 December 2008. On 7 January 2011, the

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and the

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(USAID) entered into an Enhanced Partnership Agreement under which USAID agreed to provide US$26 million for the construction of Power House Units Nos. 3 and 4 and completion of the remaining works on the dam. Power House Unit No. 3 started commercial operation in May 2013 and Unit No. 4 started commercial operation in June 2013. The dam became operational in April 2013.

Salient features

Dam:
Type: Earth-filled
Length: 560 ft.
Height: 128 ft.
Width (at top): 80 ft. Spillway:
Spillway length: 1,075 ft.
Spillway width: 50 ft.
Spillway capacity: 5000 ft 3/s Reservoir capacity (gross): 0.0932 MAF (93,385 AF)
Reservoir capacity (live): 0.0521 MAF (51,484 AF)
Power generation capacity: 17.366 MW
Irrigation system: LBC 51933 ft., RBC 58000 ft. Canal Length:
Left Bank Canal: 59,000 Ft.
Right Bank Canal : 30,000 Ft. Command Area:
Total:
Left Bank Canal:
Right Bank Canal: Construction:
Contractor: hi tech lubricants Ltd.
Man-hours: 2.4 million
Peak manpower: 450

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WAPDA Project Details
{{Dams in Pakistan Dams in Pakistan Dams completed in 2011 Hydroelectric power stations in Pakistan Embankment dams Dams in Gilgit-Baltistan

Salient features

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