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Pengshui Dam

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Country
  
China

Opening date
  
2008

Impounds
  
Wu River

Catchment area
  
69,000 kmĀ²

Impound
  
Wu River

Status
  
In use

Type of dam
  
Arch

Height
  
116 m

Construction began
  
2003

Pengshui Dam

Owner(s)
  
Pengshui Hydropower Company

Similar
  
Ludila Dam, Shuangjiangkou Dam, Laxiwa Dam, Jinghong Dam

The Pengshui Dam is an arch dam on the Wu River in Wulong County, Chongqing, China. The dam provides water to a 1,750 MW hydroelectric power station containing 5 x 350 MW generators. Construction on the dam began in September 2003 and the power plant was operational in 2008.

References

Pengshui Dam Wikipedia