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ALGERIA

BOUKHROUFA

DAM

Project Manager: Mustafa Çağatay ÇOŞKUN

The Boukhroufa Dam is located at the Eastern part of Algeria, 20
km. South of the city of El Tarf near the border of Tunisia. The
dam with the storage capacity of 90 million m will provide water
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for irrigation of the agricultural lands.
The dam body shall have a crest length of 880 m and a height of
90 m above the foundation. The dam embankment consists of a
total earth-moving volume of 7.000.000 m. The project includes
a diversion gallery of 280 m length, 900 m injection galleries,
80.000 m3 concrete and 30.000 m drilling for the grout curtain.

Having performed the river diversion on 31.01.2017 as an
important milestone for the dam, the dam cut-o§ excavations
and the grouting gallery concreting and the grout curtain at the
slopes have proceeded that the dam core placement has been
commenced recently whereas a total amount of 500.000 m 3
rockfill has been completed at the shells of the dam.

Capital City : Algeria
O cial Language : Arabic
Governance : Republic
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Surface Area : 2.381.741 km
Population : 34.895.000
Currency : Algerian Dinar

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