General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Earthfill dam |
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Fresh water dam |
Location
Technical Information
Dimensions
| height | 63 m | |
| retained water volume | 70 000 000 m³ | |
| crest length | 458 m | |
| spillway capacity | 390 m³/s | |
| dam volume | 2 340 000 m³ |
Excerpt from Wikipedia
The Thika dam is a 63 m high, 458 m crest length earthfill dam on the Thika River near Ndakaini, 50 km north of Nairobi, Kenya. The reservoir has a storage capacity of 70 million cubic meters and serves for drinking water supply. Water is treated at the Ngethu treatment works. The dam has increased the reliability of water supply to Nairobi, which suffered water shortages during the dry season before construction of the dam was completed in 1994. The dam has been financed by the African Development Bank, the World Bank, the European Investment Bank and the Kenyan government. Its construction had been delayed because of difficulties in land acquisition, leading to cost overruns. During construction the dam design has been modified to allow it to withstand a 1:10,000-year flood and to improve dam safety.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Thika Dam" and modified on July 23, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1994): La fondation du barrage Thika au Kenya. In: Travaux, n. 701 (September 1994), pp. 30-34.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20007390 - Published on:
03/01/2003 - Last updated on:
08/02/2017
