Satpara Dam

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Satpara Dam
Satpara Dam
Location of dam in Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan Show map of Gilgit Baltistan Satpara Dam (Pakistan) Show map of Pakistan
Official name	Satpara Dam
Location	Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Coordinates	35°14′40″N 75°38′15″E / 35.24444°N 75.63750°E / 35.24444; 75.63750
Status	Operational
Construction began	April 2009
Opening date	November 2011
Owner(s)	Government of Pakistan
Operator(s)	Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA)
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Concrete-faced earth-filled
Impounds	Satpara Stream
Height	128 ft (39 m)
Length	560 ft (170 m)
Reservoir
Creates	Satpara Lake
Power Station
Installed capacity	17.366 MW

Satpara Dam is a medium-size multi-purpose concrete-faced earth-filled dam located downstream from Satpara Lake on the Satpara Stream approximately 4 km from the town of Skardu in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.

The dam has enlarged the size of Satpara Lake, generates 17.36 MW of hydroelectricity, supplies power to approximately 30,000 households in the Skardu Valley, irrigates 15,536 acres (62.87 km²) of land and supplies 3.1 million gallons per day of drinking water to Skardu city.^[1] Annual agricultural output in the Skardu Valley is expected to increase more than four-fold, generating about $6 million in additional annual economic benefits to local communities.^[2]

Construction of Satpara Dam commenced in April 2003 and completion was scheduled in November 2011. Power House Unit No. 1 came online on 6 October 2007 and Unit No. 2 on 30 December 2008. On 7 January 2011, the Government of Pakistan and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) entered into an Enhanced Partnership Agreement under which USAID agreed to provide US$26 million for the construction of Power House Units Nos. 3 and 4 and completion of the remaining works on the dam.^[1] Power House Unit No. 3 started commercial operation in May 2013 and Unit No. 4 in June 2013.^[1]

The dam became operational in April 2013.^[3]