Maduru Oya Dam
Dam in Eastern Province
07°38′53″N 81°12′50″E / 7.64806°N 81.21389°E / 7.64806; 81.21389The Maduru Oya Dam is an irrigation dam built across the Maduru Oya. The embankment dam measures 1,090 m (3,580 ft) in length, 41 m (135 ft) in height, and creates the Maduru Oya Reservoir. The reservoir has a catchment area of 453 km2 (175 sq mi) and a storage capacity of 596,000,000 cubic metres (2.10×1010 cu ft)[1] The proposed Maduru Oya Solar Power Station is to be built over the surface of the Maduru Oya reservoir.[2][3]
See also
References
- ^ "Maduru Oya Reservoir". Dam Safety and Water Resources Planning Project. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- ^ "Sri Lanka govt to call bids for 100MW floating solar power plant". Lanka Business Online. 1 March 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- ^ "100MW floating solar power plant on Maduru Oya". Daily FT. 2 March 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
External links
- Maduru Oya Project: Feasibility Report (PDF). Ministry of Mahaweli Development. 20 August 1980. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- Maduru Oya Project: Feasibility Report (PDF). USAID. 20 August 1980. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
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Inland waters of Sri Lanka
- Sri Lankan irrigation network
- Tank cascade system
- Mahaweli Authority
- Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources Management
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- Abhaya Wewa
- Beira Lake
- Bolgoda Lake
- Diyawanna
- Giant's Tank
- Giritale Tank
- Iranamadu Tank
- Kala Wewa
- Kandalama Reservoir
- Kandy Lake
- Konduwattuwana Wewa
- Lake Gregory
- Minneriya Tank
- Muthuiyankaddu Kulam
- Nachchaduwa wewa
- Parakrama Samudra
- Ratgama Lake
- Sembuwatta Lake
- Sorabora Wewa
- Tissa Wewa (Anuradhapura)
- Tissa Wewa (Tissamaharama)
- Vavuni Kulam
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reservoirs
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