The purpose of this project was to supply city of Tunis with water. The dam was constructed on river Kasseb, tributary of the biggest Tunisian river - Medjerda, about 120 km far from the city. It is arch type concrete dam. Spillway was constructed in axis of the dam with discharge capacity of 960 m3/sec.
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Location | Oued Kasseb, Beja, Tunis |
Type of dam | Concrete arch dam |
Employer | Ministry of Planning and Economy |
Consultant | Gidroprojekt - Moscow -Russia |
Dam height | 58,50 m |
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