Mujib Dam

Mujib Dam

A gently curving concrete dam in an arid, mountainous area.

Dam from west
Location within Jordan
Official name سد الموجب
Country Jordan
Location Wadi Mujib
Coordinates 31°26′41″N 35°49′5″E / 31.44472°N 35.81806°E / 31.44472; 35.81806Coordinates: 31°26′41″N 35°49′5″E / 31.44472°N 35.81806°E / 31.44472; 35.81806
Purpose Irrigation and domestic
Status Operational
Construction began 1999
Opening date 2004
Construction cost JD 45 million[1] (US$67 million[2])
Owner(s) Jordan Valley Authority[1]
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Rolled concrete/clay-core rockfill[3]
Height (foundation) 67 metres (220 ft)[3]
Height (thalweg) 61 metres (200 ft)[3]
Length 764 metres (2,507 ft)[3]
Elevation at crest 200 metres (660 ft)[3]
Dam volume 660,590 cubic metres (864,020 cu yd)[3]
Spillways 2[4]
Spillway type Free overflow with stepped chute[3]
Spillway capacity 530 cubic metres (140,000 US gal)/s[4]
Reservoir
Creates Mujib Reservoir
Total capacity 35 million m3 (9.2×109 US gal)[3]
Catchment area 4,380 square kilometres (1,690 sq mi)[3]

Mujib Dam (Arabic: سد الموجب‎‎) is located in Wadi Mujib, between the cities of Madaba and Kerak, in the Madaba Governorate of Jordan. It is a rolled concrete dam with abutments of clay-core rockfill completed in 2004, after six years of construction. Highway 35, part of the historic King's Highway, crosses the crest. The water it impounds is combined with desalinated water piped from brackish wells along the Dead Sea to the west in a reservoir holding 35 million m3 (1 billion US gallons) which primarily supplies Amman, 100 kilometres (62 mi) to the north helping to ease a very stressed national water supply.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Dams in Jordan" (PDF). Jordan Valley Authority. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Jordan: Arab Contractors set for Mujib dam contract". MEED. 24 December 1999. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Mujib:Lahmeyer International". Lahmeyer International. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Specimen projects". Technische Universität München. 2009–2014. Retrieved 27 January 2014.


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