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One of the most largest dam in Nigeria Dadin Kowa Reservoir,captured by the satellite. Dams and reservoirs in Nigeria are used for irrigation, water supply, hydro - electric power generation or a combination of these. They are of particular importance in the northern part of the country, where there is low rainfall.
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The Dadin Kowa Dam is located in Yamaltu Deba local government area of Gombe State in the North east part of Nigeria.Dadin Kowa is 41.6 kilometers from Gombe metropolis. [1] The dam is located about 37 kilometers to the east of the town Gombe and 5 km from the Dadin Kowa village, [2] and provides drinking water for the town.
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With plentiful water supply, the reservoir remains full throughout the year. [1] The reservoir provides raw water to the Asejire and Osegere water treatment plants in Ibadan. [2] The water supply project was completed in 1972, and has a capacity of about 80 million liters per day, of which 80% is used for domestic purposes. [3] [4]
Nigeria's hydrological services agency has warned of potential flooding in 11 states after neighbouring Cameroon said it was starting to release water from one of its largest dams following recent ...
The dam is owned and operated by the Hadejia-Jama’are River Basin Development Authority, a Federal agency. [2] The dam was built by Julius Berger Nigeria in 1990 - 1992 using earth fill construction. It is 42 m high and 7.8 km in length. [3] The dam has a full storage capacity of 930,000,000 and active storage of 904,000,000 m 3.
The dam was designed to have a generating capacity of 960 megawatts (1,290,000 hp); however, only 8 of its 12 turbines have been installed, reducing the capacity to 760 megawatts (1,020,000 hp). [7] The dam generates electricity for all the large cities in Nigeria. [8] Some of the electricity is sold to the neighbouring country of Niger.