Yeruham Dam

Yeruham Dam

Downstream face of the dam
Location of Yeruham Dam in Israel
Country Israel
Location Yeruham
Coordinates 30°59′23.28″N 34°53′29.08″E / 30.9898000°N 34.8914111°E / 30.9898000; 34.8914111Coordinates: 30°59′23.28″N 34°53′29.08″E / 30.9898000°N 34.8914111°E / 30.9898000; 34.8914111
Purpose Flood control, irrigation, municipal water, tourism, recreation
Status Operational
Construction began 1951
Opening date 1954 (1954)
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Masonry
Impounds Revivim Stream
Height 15 m (49 ft)
Length 80 m (260 ft)
Spillway type Overflow, uncontrolled
Reservoir
Creates Lake Yeruham
Total capacity 9,000,000 m3 (7,300 acre·ft)[1]
Surface area 60.7 ha (150 acres)

The Yeruham Dam is a masonry dam on Revivim Stream, a tributary of the HaBesor Stream, in Yeruham, Southern District, Israel. The dam has many purposes to include flood control, irrigation, municipal water supply, tourism and recreation. Construction on the dam began in 1951 and it impounded Lake Yeruham between 1953 and 1954. In 1974 the area around the lake was improved with plants and facilities to improve recreation.[2]

Yeruham Reservoir

References

  1. Israel Government Year Book. Central Office of Information. 1954. p. 51. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  2. "Lake Yeruham" (in Hebrew). iNature. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
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