Country Spain Status Completed Length 52.3 m (171.6 ft) Address 28189, Madrid, Spain Area 10.7 km² Construction began 1968 | Location Community of Madrid Height (foundation) 134 m (440 ft) Creates El Atazar Reservoir Opened 1972 Province Community of Madrid | |
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Similar Pontón de la Oliva, Embalse de Valmayor, Patones De Arriba, Cueva del Reguerillo, La Jarosa Reservoir | ||
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El Atazar Dam is an arch dam built near Madrid, Spain on the Lozoya River, very close to where the Lozoya joins the Jarama. The curved design of the dam is optimum for the narrow gorge in which it was built to retain water in the reservoir. Arch dams are thin and require less material to construct than other dam types.
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When the dam was built, the decision was made to use the dam to store and regulate water only and not to provide energy. Construction started on the dam in 1968 and finished in 1972.
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DesignEdit
The dam is 134 m (440 ft) high and 52.3 m (171.6 ft) wide at the foundation. The reservoir capacity is 424,000,000 m3 (344,000 acre feet). It is a double curvature concrete arch buttress design.
ProblemsEdit
Monitoring of the dam revealed abnormal movement. Although dams normally move, the left side of the El Atazar Dam was moving more than the right because a support built on the dam's right made that side less flexible. In 1977 a crack was noticed in the dam. By 1979 the crack had grown to 46 m (150 ft) in length and was repaired. Inspection in 1983 revealed that the settling in the foundations and the movements of the dam had caused fracturing in the rock, resulting in significantly increasing the foundation's permeability. The crack has been treated and since then the problems have abated.