Iran–Turkmenistan Friendship Dam

Dam in Iran and Turkmenistan

Dam

35°56′55″N 61°09′48″E / 35.94861°N 61.16333°E / 35.94861; 61.16333StatusOperationalOpening date2005Owner(s)Turkmenistan: Ministry of Water & Land Reclamation
Iran: Razavi Khorasan Regional Water AuthorityDam and spillwaysType of damEmbankment, earth-fillImpoundsHariroud (Hari River)Height78 m (256 ft)Length655 m (2,149 ft)Width (crest)15 m (49 ft)Dam volume4,500,000 m³ (5,885,778 cu yd)^[1]Spillway type8 x gated ogeeReservoirTotal capacity1,250,000,000 m³ (1,013,391 acre⋅ft)Active capacity735,000,000 m³ (595,874 acre⋅ft)Inactive capacity300,000,000 m³ (243,214 acre⋅ft)Power StationTurbines3 x Francis-typeInstalled capacity16 MW^[2]

The Iran–Turkmenistan Friendship Dam or Doosti Reservoir Dam (Persian: سد دوستی, Turkmen: Dostluk Suw Howdany) is a dam on the Hari River (Hariroud), which forms part of the international boundary between Iran and Turkmenistan (Iran-Turkmenistan border). The dam was completed in 2004, and both countries agreed that each would have an equal right to the waters of the river, which amount to 820 million cubic metres.^[3] It was officially opened on 12 April 2005.^[4] The dam provides drinking water and irrigation for the surrounding areas along with hydroelectric power.^[4]

References

^ "Doosti Reservoir Dam". ToosAb International Consulting Engineers. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
^ "Doosti reservoir dam". Toosab Consulting. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
^ "Iran–Turkmenistan Friendship Dam to be operational" Archived 2012-03-01 at the Wayback Machine, payvand.com, 2004-11-04.
^ ^a ^b Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Regional Office for the Near East, "Iran–Turkmenistan friendship dam to open", 2005-04-09.