Béja Dam

Béja Dam design studies, with a reservoir with a storage volume of 33.3 hm³, intended for urban supply and irrigation of an agricultural area.

The studies included the following elements:

• Dam: of rockfill, with a concrete curtain in upstream facade, volume of embankment: 0,44 hm3, maximum height of the dam: 47 m, development and width of the crest: 224 m and 10 m;
• Flood Spillway: labyrinth type, deployed in the left bank, with 25 m of development, restitution channel with 176 m and energy dissipation in ski jump (Qdim = 181.5 m³/s).