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Oiticica Dam

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Opening date
  
2015

Owner(s)
  
DNOCS

Total capacity
  
556,000,000 m³

Construction cost
  
U$150 mi

Creates
  
Oiticica reservoir

Construction began
  
2013

Location
  
Jucurutu, Jardim de Piranhas, São Fernando

Similar
  
Ilha de Santana, Our Lady of the Presentat, Estádio Senador Dinarte M, Greater Natal Internatio, Castanhão Dam

The Oiticica Dam is an earth fill embankment dam between the rivers Seridó and Piranhas-Açu in the southwest Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte. Its construction began in 2013 and is scheduled for completion in August 2015. It is projected to be the third largest man-made dam in Rio Grande do Norte.

Map of Oiticica Dam, Jucurutu - RN, Brazil

References

Oiticica Dam Wikipedia