Marmaris Dam

Marmaris Dam
Location of Marmaris Dam
Country	Turkey
Location	Marmaris
Coordinates	36°56′55″N 28°17′22″E / 36.94861°N 28.28944°E / 36.94861; 28.28944Coordinates: 36°56′55″N 28°17′22″E / 36.94861°N 28.28944°E / 36.94861; 28.28944
Status	Operational
Construction began	1998
Opening date	2005
Owner(s)	Turkish State Hydraulic Works
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Embankment, concrete-face rock-fill
Height (thalweg)	46 m (151 ft)
Height (foundation)	74 m (243 ft)
Length	303 m (994 ft)
Crest width	10 m (33 ft)
Volume	1,300,000 m3 (1,700,336 cu yd)
Crest elevation	60 m (197 ft)
Impounds	Kocaalan Creek
Type of spillway	Chute
Reservoir
Capacity	30,000,000 m3 (24,321 acre·ft)
Catchment area	62.83 km2 (24 sq mi)
Surface area	1.77 km2 (1 sq mi)
Normal elevation	50.5 m (166 ft)

The Marmaris Dam is a concrete-face rock-fill dam on the Kocaalan Creek located 10 km (6 mi) north of Marmaris in Muğla Province, Turkey.^[1] Constructed between 1998 and 2005, the development was backed by the Turkish State Hydraulic Works as a build-operate-transfer project.^[2] The primary purpose of the dam is municipal water supply and it provides Marmaris with 22,390,000 m³ (18,152 acre·ft) of water annually.^[3]

See also

• List of dams in Turkey

References

1. ^ "Mugla Province" (in Turkish). State Hydraulic Works. http://www2.dsi.gov.tr/bolge/dsi21/mugla.htm. Retrieved 19 November 2011. 
2. ^ "CFRD practice in Turkey". International Water Power and Dam Construction. 17 April 2007. http://www.waterpowermagazine.com/story.asp?sc=2043666. Retrieved 19 November 2011. 
3. ^ "Marmaris Dam Project Characteristics" (in Turkish). TC Maric Belbir. http://www.maricbelbir.gov.tr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=36&Itemid=13. Retrieved 19 November 2011.