The Bawanur Dam is an earth-fill dam currently being constructed on the Diyala River just upstream of the town of Bawanur in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraq. The tall dam will support a 32 MW run-of-the-river hydroelectric power station. It will also serve to control floods and provide water for irrigation. In August 2013, the Kurdistan Regional Government signed a US$200 million contract with the Romanian firm, Hidroconstrucția, to build the dam and power station. The project is expected to be complete in 2018.

See also

List of dams and reservoirs in Iraq

List of power stations in Iraq

References

Dams in Iraq

Dams on the Diyala (Sirwan) River

Earth-filled dams

Dams under construction

Run-of-the-river power stations

Hydroelectric power stations in Iraq

Sulaymaniyah Governorate

Bawanur Dam