Suat Uğurlu Dam
| Suat Uğurlu Dam | |
|---|---|
Yeşilırmak | |
| Height | 51 m (167 ft) |
| Reservoir | |
| Creates | Lake Suat Uğurlu Dam |
The Suat Uğurlu Dam is a
. Originally, it was named the Bolahor Dam.Suat Uğurlu died following an accident at the construction site of a dam project 24 km upstream together with her husband, an engineer at that site. While Ayvacık Dam was renamed after her husband's name Hasan Uğurlu, this dam was renamed in her memory.
Having a dam volume of 2,151,000 m³, Suat Uğurlu Dam and hydro-electric power plant went in service in 1982. The dam has a storage volume of 182 billion m³ in a reservoir area at normal water surface elevation of 9.7 km2. The storage of Suat Uğurlu Dam is little but controlled by Hasan Uğurlu
Hydro Power Plant. The surface of irrigated area by the dam is 83,312 ha. The power plant generates 46 MW power giving annually 273 GWh.[1]
References
- ^ Devlet Su İşleri Genel Müdürlüğü (in Turkish)
