The Água Vermelha Dam is an embankment dam on the Grande River near Iturama in Minas Gerais/São Paulo, Brazil. It was constructed for hydroelectric power production and flood control. Construction on the dam began in 1973 and it was completed and operational by 1978. The last generators were operational in 1979.
Specifications
The dam is a long and high embankment dam with a concrete power station and spillway portion. The volume of concrete in the dam structure is . The dam's spillway contains eight floodgates each with a maximum discharge capacity of for a total of . The dam's reservoir has a capacity of , of which is live (active or "useful") storage. The surface area of the reservoir is and its maximum level above sea level is and the minimum is . The dam's power station has a gross hydraulic head of and contains six generators powered by Francis turbines for a total installed capacity of .
See also
List of power stations in Brazil
References
Dams completed in 1978
Energy infrastructure completed in 1979
Dams in Minas Gerais
Hydroelectric power stations in Brazil
Embankment dams
Dams on the Rio Grande (Paraná River tributary) Dams in São Paulo (state)