Monción Dam
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| Monción Dam | |
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 Location of Monción Dam in Dominican Republic
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| Official name | Presa Monción |
| Country | Dominican Republic |
| Location | Monción, Santiago Rodríguez Province |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Purpose | Power, irrigation |
| Status | Operational |
| Opening date | 2001 |
| Owner(s) | Dominican Hydroelectric Generation Company |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Type of dam | Embankment, earth-fill clay-core |
| Impounds | Mao River |
| Height | 119 m (390 ft) |
| Dam volume | 2,890,000 m3 (3,780,000 cu yd) |
| Spillway capacity | 5,750 m3/s (203,000 cu ft/s) |
| Reservoir | |
| Total capacity | 370,000,000 m3 (300,000 acre·ft) |
| Surface area | 11.2 km2 (4.3 sq mi) |
| Normal elevation | 280 m (920 ft) |
| Power station | |
| Name | Monción Hydroelectric Station |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Commission date | 2002 |
| Turbines | 2 x 26 MW Francis-type |
| Installed capacity | 52 MW |
The Monción Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Mao River near Monción in Santiago Rodríguez Province of the Dominican Republic. At 119 m (390 ft) tall, it is the highest dam in the country. The purpose of the dam is to produce hydroelectric power and supply water for irrigation. The dam's power station is located downstream and contains two 26 MW Francis turbine-generators for an installed capacity of 52 MW. The dam was completed and began filling its reservoir on 22 September 2001. Its power station was commissioned on 27 April 2002.[1][2][3]
