Project Highlights
| Sector | water and energy | |
| Country | Algeria | |
| Location | Orano | |
| Progress | completed | |
| Construction | from 2001; to: 2005 |
Description
The Kramis Dam is a work of great importance for the Orano region in because it makes it possible to meet the local population’s water requirement and encourages the development of agriculture.
The project involves a main earth dam with a clay core (height 48m, length 650m, volume 3,805,200m3) and a smaller dam with similar characteristics (height 21m,
length 150m, volume 225,800m3), a reinforced concrete bottom outlet (length 350m, diameter 2,600mm), a reinforced concrete intake tower (height 56m, diameter 3,500mm), a walkway to access the intake tower, a spillway (capacity of 1,161m3/sec), a stilling basin, a tailrace, hydro-electromechanical systems, reinforcement works and access roads.