Daecheong Dam

The Daecheong Dam is a blend solid gravity (made of cement) and dike dam (made of earth) on the Geum River, 16 km (10 mi) north of Daejeon in South Korea. The multi-reason dam gives advantages of surge control, water supply and hydroelectric power age. Development on the dam started in 1975 and was formally authorized on 1 December 1980. The 72 m (236 ft) high shake fill dam has a focal dirt center and has made a repository with capacity of 1,207,963 section of land ft. The store is worked by the Korea Water Resources Corporation (K-water) for surge control, hydro-control age and water supply.

The multipurpose Daecheong Dam finished in 1980, 236 ft in tallness, 1,624 ft long and has a gross repository limit of 1.49 million cubic meters. The supply water surface region is 28 sq mi. It has three seat dams on the store fringe to avert spilling of water. Following the working of the dam surge harm in the downstream reaches has been generously counteracted and saltiness of the downstream land has additionally diminished. The yearly inflow into the store is 2,451 million cubic meter. The compelling stockpiling (live capacity) made by the dam is 790 million cubic meter. The mean profundity of water is 20 meters (66 ft) with a mean habitation time of 180 days.

On the bank of the supply, a water-themed social exhibition hall called the Daecheong Dam Water Culture Center was built up on 6 July 2004. It has three show lobbies which show data on the dam, employments of water, natural highlights of the region around on the Geumgang River additionally on the part of social parts of the towns which were submerged by the repository and about individuals living on its outskirts. The inside additionally has a theater, data focus, and an observatory.