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Jatiluhur Dam

Jatiluhur Dam
Jatiluhur Dam is located in Indonesia
Jatiluhur Dam
Location of Jatiluhur Dam in Indonesia
Official name Ir. H. Djuanda Dam
Country Indonesia
Location Purwakarta
Coordinates 6°31′25″S 107°23′18″E / 6.52361°S 107.38833°E / -6.52361; 107.38833Coordinates: 6°31′25″S 107°23′18″E / 6.52361°S 107.38833°E / -6.52361; 107.38833
Status Operational
Construction began 1957
Opening date 1965
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Embankment, earth-fill
Impounds Citarum River
Height 105 m (344 ft)
Length 1,200 m (3,937 ft)
Elevation at crest 114.5 m (376 ft)
Width (crest) 10 m (33 ft)
Width (base) 600 m (1,969 ft)
Dam volume 9,100,000 m3 (11,902,351 cu yd)
Spillway type Morning glory
Spillway capacity 3,000 m3/s (105,944 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
Total capacity 3,000,000,000 m3 (2,432,140 acre·ft)
Catchment area 4,500 km2 (1,737 sq mi)
Surface area 83 km2 (32 sq mi)
Normal elevation 107 m (351 ft)
Power station
Operator(s) Perum Jasa Tirta II
Commission date 1967
Hydraulic head 80.2 m (263 ft) (max)
Turbines 6 x 32.3 MW Francis-type
Installed capacity 186.5 MW

The Jatiluhur Dam is a multi-purpose embankment dam on the Citarum River in West Java, Indonesia. It is located 70 km (43 mi) east of Jakarta, close to the medium-size town of Purwakarta.

Jatiluhur Dam was designed by Coyne et Bellier and was constructed between 1957 and 1965 while the power station become operational in 1967. The dam serves several purposes including the provision of hydroelectric power generation, water supply, flood control, irrigation and aquaculture. The power station has an installed capacity of 186.5 MW which feeds into the Java grid managed by the state-owned electricity company Perusahaan Listrik Negara. The Jatiluhur reservoir helps irrigate 240,000 ha (593,053 acres) of rice fields. The earth-fill dam is 105 m (344 ft) high and withholds a reservoir of 3,000,000,000 m3 (2,432,140 acre·ft), the largest in the country.


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