Água Vermelha Dam


The Água Vermelha Dam is an embankment dam on the Grande River near Iturama in Minas Gerais/São Paulo, Brazil. It was constructed for hydroelectric power production and flood control. Construction on the dam began in 1973 and it was completed and operational by 1978. The last generators were operational in 1979.

Specifications

The dam is a long and high embankment dam with a concrete power station and spillway portion. The volume of concrete in the dam structure is. The dam's spillway contains eight floodgates each with a maximum discharge capacity of for a total of. The dam's reservoir has a capacity of, of which is live storage. The surface are of the reservoir is and its maximum level above sea level is and the minimum is. The dam's power station has a gross hydraulic head of and contains six generators powered by Francis turbines for a total installed capacity of.