Silveh Dam

Silveh Dam
Location of Silveh Dam in Iran
Country Iran
Location Lahijan-e Gharbi Rural District, Lajan District, Piranshahr County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
Coordinates 36°47′0.32″N 45°6′47.30″E / 36.7834222°N 45.1131389°E / 36.7834222; 45.1131389Coordinates: 36°47′0.32″N 45°6′47.30″E / 36.7834222°N 45.1131389°E / 36.7834222; 45.1131389
Purpose Inter basin transfer, Irrigation
Status Under construction
Construction began 2004
Opening date 2015 (est.)
Owner(s) West Azerbaijan Regional Water Authority
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Embankment, earth-fill
Impounds Lavin River
Height (foundation) 102 m (335 ft)
Height (thalweg) 93 m (305 ft)
Length 750 m (2,460 ft)
Spillway type Uncontrolled, service
Spillway capacity 1,040 m3/s (37,000 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
Creates Silveh Reservoir
Total capacity 163,000,000 m3 (132,000 acre·ft)

The Silveh Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam being constructed on the Lavin River just downstream of the village of Silveh in Piranshahr County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. The primary purpose of the dam is interbasin transfer for irrigation. When complete, a tunnel and canals will shift water from the reservoir north to the Chaparabad area. The project will essentially transfer water from the Little Zab River basin to the Lake Urmia basin in an effort to help replenish the lake and irrigate about 9,400 ha (23,000 acres) of farmland.[1] Construction on the dam began in 2004 and it is expected to be complete by the end of 2015.[2][3] The village of Silveh will be flooded when the reservoir is impounded.[4]

The dam will be 102 m (335 ft) above its foundation with a length of 750 m (2,460 ft). It will have an uncontrolled spillway with a maximum discharge capacity of 1,040 m3/s (37,000 cu ft/s). The reservoir created by the dam will store 163,000,000 m3 (132,000 acre·ft) of water. Near the northeastern edge of the reservoir water will be able to enter a 841 m (2,759 ft) long tunnel which will discharge it into the opposing valley, within the Lake Urmia basin. About 121,700,000 m3 (98,700 acre·ft) of water will be transferred through the tunnel annually while an estimated 10,800,000 m3 (8,800 acre·ft) will be sent downstream to Piranshahr during the same period.[5]

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References

  1. ↑ Edris Merufinia, Azad Aram, Fatemeh Esmaeili (2014). "Saving the Lake Urmia: from Slogan to Reality (Challenges and Solutions)" (PDF). Bulletin of Environment, Pharmacology and Life Sciences 3 (3). ISSN 2277-1808. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Completed by the end of the 94 dams Silveh Piranshahr" (in Persian). Kurd Press. 23 August 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Evaluating Liquefaction Potential in an Embankment Dam Foundation Using Shear Wave Velocity Measurements". CSCE 2007 Annual General Meeting & Conference. June 2007. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Villages under the dam Silveh determine Piranshahr" (in Persian). MEHR News Agency. 14 August 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Silveh Dam and Irrigation and Drainage" (in Persian). Omran Iran - Deputy Governor of West Azerbaijan. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
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