Satpara Dam

Satpara Dam
Satpara Dam
Satpara Dam is located in Gilgit Baltistan
Satpara Dam
Location of dam in Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan
Satpara Dam is located in Pakistan
Satpara Dam
Satpara Dam (Pakistan)
Official nameSatpara Dam
LocationSkardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Coordinates35°14′40″N 75°38′15″E / 35.24444°N 75.63750°E / 35.24444; 75.63750
StatusOperational
Construction beganApril 2009
Opening dateNovember 2011
Owner(s)Government of Pakistan
Operator(s)Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA)
Dam and spillways
Type of damConcrete-faced earth-filled
ImpoundsSatpara Stream
Height128 ft (39 m)
Length560 ft (170 m)
Reservoir
CreatesSatpara Lake
Power Station
Installed capacity17.366 MW
Sadpara Lake Skardu
Turquoise water of Sadpara lake in Skardu
Sadpara lake view from village in Skardu
Sadpara Lake Skardu
Sadpara Lake Skardu

Satpara Dam is a medium-size multi-purpose concrete-faced earth-filled dam located downstream from Satpara Lake on the Satpara Stream approximately 4 km from the town of Skardu in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.

The dam has enlarged the size of Satpara Lake, generates 17.36 MW of hydroelectricity, supplies power to approximately 30,000 households in the Skardu Valley, irrigates 15,536 acres (62.87 km2) of land and supplies 3.1 million gallons per day of drinking water to Skardu city.[1] 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.[2]

Construction of Satpara Dam commenced in April 2003 and completion was scheduled in November 2011. Power House Unit No. 1 came online on 6 October 2007 and Unit No. 2 on 30 December 2008. On 7 January 2011, the Government of Pakistan and the United States Agency for International Development (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.[1] Power House Unit No. 3 started commercial operation in May 2013 and Unit No. 4 in June 2013.[1]

The dam became operational in April 2013.[3]

  1. ^ a b c "SATPARA DAM PROJECT Updated as". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2011-08-20.
  2. ^ "Completion of Gomal, Satpara dam projects". Archived from the original on 2011-09-29.
  3. ^ "Sanity in parliament".