Tokwe Mukorsi Dam
| Tokwe Mukorsi Dam | |
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 Location of Tokwe Mukorsi Dam in Zimbabwe
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| Country | Zimbabwe |
| Location | Masvingo |
| Coordinates | 20°43′40.05″S 30°54′11.31″E / 20.7277917°S 30.9031417°ECoordinates: 20°43′40.05″S 30°54′11.31″E / 20.7277917°S 30.9031417°E |
| Purpose | Water storage, flood control, irrigation, fisheries, power |
| Status | Under construction |
| Construction began | 1998 |
| Construction cost | US$200 million |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Type of dam | Embankment, concrete-face rock-fill |
| Impounds | Tokwe River |
| Height | 90.3 m (296 ft) |
| Width (crest) | 8.5 m (28 ft) |
| Dam volume | 1,915,000 m3 (67,600,000 cu ft) |
| Reservoir | |
| Total capacity | 1,750×106 m3 (1,420,000 acre·ft) |
| Catchment area | 7,120 km2 (2,750 sq mi) |
| Surface area | 96.4 km2 (37.2 sq mi) |
| Max. water depth | 82.7 m (271 ft) |
| Power station | |
| Commission date | 2015 est. |
| Installed capacity | 12 MW (16,000 hp) |
The Tokwe Mukorsi Dam is an unfinished concrete-face rock-fill dam on the Tokwe River, just downstream of its confluence with the Mukorsi River, about 72 kilometres (45 mi) south of Masvingo in Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe. Construction on the dam began in June 1998 but stalled in 2008. Salini Impregilo began to finish the dam in 2011. Heavy flooding in February 2014 caused a partial failure on 4 February, on the downstream face of the dam. By late February the dam had not been fully breached but the unplanned rising reservoir behind the dam caused evacuations upstream. Both upstream and downstream, over 20,000 people were evacuated. Construction of the dam was suspended in June 2014 due to a lack of funding. The power station was expected to be commissioned by the end of 2015. It is 90.3 metres (296 ft) tall and creates a 1,750,000,000 m3 (1,420,000 acre·ft) reservoir, the largest the in country. The associated hydroelectric power station will have a 12 megawatts (16,000 hp) installed capacity.
In May 2016 the government released $35 million to Salini Impregilio to enable the Italian contractor resume construction work that stopped two years ago owing to payment problems.
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