Jatiluhur Dam

Coordinates: 6°31′25″S 107°23′18″E / 6.52361°S 107.38833°E / -6.52361; 107.38833
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Jatiluhur Dam
Francis-type
Installed capacity186.5 MW[1]

The Jatiluhur Dam is a multi-purpose embankment dam on the Citarum River in West Java, Indonesia. It is located 70 km (43 mi) east of Jakarta, close to the medium-sized town of Purwakarta

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Jatiluhur Dam was designed by

hydroelectric power generation, water supply, flood control, irrigation, and aquaculture. The power station has an installed capacity of 186.5 MW which feeds into the Java grid managed by the state-owned electricity company Perusahaan Listrik Negara. The Jatiluhur reservoir helps irrigate 240,000 ha (593,053 acres) of rice fields. The earth-fill dam is 105 m (344 ft) high and withholds a reservoir of 3,000,000,000 m3 (2,432,140 acre⋅ft), the largest in the country.[2][3][4]

Downstream view of the dam from the crest looking towards the north.
The dam's reservoir and morning glory looking towards the south and the spillway.
Jatiluhur viewed from Mount Parang

See also

References

  1. ^ "Hydroelectric - Jatiluhur" (PDF) (in Indonesian). Perum Jasa Tirta II. Retrieved 19 January 2012.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Javed, Farhat; Muhammad Asghar Nasim (2005). "Construction of Seepage Measurement System at Jatiluhur Dam, Indonesia". Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering. Archived from the original on 2015-01-03. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
  3. ^ "Jatiluhur Indonesia" (in French). Planete TP. 9 October 2007. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
  4. ^ "Country Report: Indonesia" (PDF). Asian Development Bank. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2004. Retrieved 19 January 2012.