The Grishk Dam is located on a canal next to the city of Grishk in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan. It is a gravity dam with a hydroelectric power plant. About 2.7 mi (4.3 km) to the northeast is the Canal Intake Structure, which provides water from the Helmand River to Grishk Dam.
| Grishk Dam | |
|---|---|
 View of the Canal Intake Structure in 2003, which is about 2.7 mi (4.3 km) northeast of Grishk Dam on the Helmand River | |
  Location of Grishk Dam in Afghanistan | |
| Location | Grishk, Helmand Province, Afghanistan |
| Coordinates | 31°49′35″N 64°35′29″E / 31.82639°N 64.59139°E |
| Opening date | 1945 |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Impounds | Helmand River |
| Length | 67 m (220 ft) |
| Width (base) | 60 m (200 ft) |
A 2003 technical journal noted, that the Grishk power plant was commissioned on an irrigation canal in 1945, and had two damaged and obsolete 1.2 megawatt units which would cost US$3 million to repair.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ International Commission on Large Dams; International Association for Hydraulic Research; International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (2003). International journal on hydropower & dams. Aqua-Media International. p. 99. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
External links
edit- "Gereshk Power Plant". Google Earth.
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