Construction of the Mseilha Dam and Lake
Construction of the Mseilha Dam and Lake
Construction of the Mseilha Dam and Lake
Construction of the Mseilha Dam and Lake

Construction of the Mseilha Dam and Lake

Batroun - Lebanon

Client: Ministry of Energy and Water
Consultant: Contractor: Maltauro-Batco
The objective of this dam is the creation of a reservoir capable of ensuring the following:
• drinking water up to 2030 of a portion of the localities in the Cazas of Batroun and Koura;
• water supply to certain industries in the region;
• irrigation of agricultural lands located mostly at North of Nahr El-Jawz with 1000 ha exploitable area.
The site of Mseilha Dam is located on Nahr El-Jawz in its downstream part approximately at 400 m upstream of Qal'at El-Mseilha in the Caza of Batroun, at the East of new Batroun – Chekka road. The development includes:
• a 400 m long and 35 m high dam;
• a gallery of temporary diversion on the left bank of 255 m long and 4 m in diameter with D-section transformed at the definitive stage at the bottom drain and ensuring the path of the supply line to a treatment plant;
• a spillway consisting of a circular well of 27 m in height and 10 m in diameter and an evacuation gallery 131 m long and 9 m in diameter;
• an inlet with three levels installed on the left bank
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