Opening date 2014 Impounds Stung Battambang River Catchment area 45 km² | Owner(s) Unknown Korean company Height 38 m Impound Stung Battambang River | |
Official name Stung Battambang 1 Hydropower Dam Type of dam Earth core rockfill dam Similar Lower Se San 2 Dam, Jinghong Dam, Huangdeng Dam, Buôn Kuốp Hydroelectric Power St, Skavica Hydro Power Pl | ||
The Stung Battambang 1 (or Battambang 1) is a dam planned for construction on the Stung Battambang River in Cambodia. The river is a major tributary of the Tonlé Sap. Of the two dams planned for this river, the larger is the Stung Battambang 1. A letter of commitment has been issued by the Cambodian authorities for a pre-feasibility study of the dam by an unknown Korean company
Surrounding the dam site is the Bannan Irrigation project, covering some 20,000 hectares (49,000 acres), and the dam is understood to play a role in the irrigation of this area, as well as generating hydropower. There is little data available about reservoir size or number of people who will be displaced. The dam is one of three possible dams in the Stung Battambang basin; the other two would block two tributaries to the Stung Battambang: the Stung Mongkol Borey and the Stung Sangker.