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Wadagawa Dam

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Country
  
Japan

Opening date
  
1967

Height
  
21 m

Construction began
  
1962

Status
  
Operational

Owner(s)
  
Toyama Prefecture

Phone
  
+81 763-37-0286

Wadagawa Dam

Location
  
Tonami, Toyama Prefecture

Purpose
  
Irrigation, flood control, power

Address
  
1491 Masuyama, Tonami, Toyama Prefecture 939-1402, Japan

Similar
  
Sakaigawa Dam, Ohara Dam, Narude Dam, Soyama Dam, Komaki Dam

The Wadagawa Dam is a gravity dam on the Wadagawa River (a tributary of the Shō River) in Tonami, Toyama Prefecture, Japan. It was constructed between 1962 and 1967. The dam has an associated 7.4 MW hydroelectric power station which was commissioned in 1968. Of the dams in the Shō River system, it is the furthest downstream.

References

Wadagawa Dam Wikipedia