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The Gal Oya Dam (also known as Inginiyagala Dam) is an embankment dam in the Uva Province of Sri Lanka. The dam creates one of the largest reservoirs in the country, the Gal Oya Reservoir. Water from the reservoir is used primarily for irrigation in the Uva and Eastern provinces, in addition to powering a small hydroelectric power station. Construction of the dam and reservoir began in Шаблон:Start date, completing four years later in Шаблон:Start date.[1]

Dam and reservoir

Шаблон:Main The dam is constructed between two hills at the small town of Inginiyagala, measuring Шаблон:Convert and Шаблон:Convert in length and height respectively, consisting of Шаблон:Convert of soil. The dam, built by Morrison-Knudsen company, creates the Gal Oya Reservoir.[1]

The reservoir, also known as the Inginiyagala Reservoir, and more commonly as the Senanayake Samudraya (after D.S. Senanayake), has a total storage capacity of Шаблон:Convert and a surface area of Шаблон:Convert.[1][2]

Power station

In addition to downstream irrigation, water from the reservoir is used to power the Шаблон:Nowrap, a hydroelectric power station located immediately downstream of the dam. The power station consists of four units of (2.475MWx2 & 3.15MWx2)Шаблон:Nowrap, commissioned in 1952 unit 1,2 & 1962 unit 3,4.[1][3]

See also

Шаблон:Stack

References

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External links

Шаблон:Electricity in Sri Lanka Шаблон:Inland waters of Sri Lanka