Country Algeria Opening date 2008 Impounds Isser River Opened 2008 | Status Operational Type of dam Gravity Height 121 m Construction began 2002 | |
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Official name Barrage Koudiat Acerdoune Similar Beni Haroun dam, Keddara Dam, Barrage de Boukourdane, Ain Zada Dam, Barrage d'El Allal | ||
The Koudiat Acerdoune Dam is a gravity dam located 9.5 km (6 mi) southwest of Kadiria on the Isser River in Bouïra Province, Algeria. The dam was constructed between 2002 and 2008 with the roller-compacted concrete technique. It serves the purposes of providing water for industrial, irrigation and municipal uses. It retains a 640,000,000 m3 (518,856 acre·ft) capacity reservoir which supplies water for the irrigation of 20,000 ha (49,421 acres) of land along with providing the Algiers region with 178,000,000 m3 (144,307 acre·ft) of drinking water annually.
Map of Koudiat Acerdoune Dam, Maala, Algeria
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