lwaya
Dam is the
main
structure of the
Kiso River Basin
Development Proiect.
The
purposes
of the dam
are flood
control, ifiigation, municipal
water
supply
and hydroelectric
power generation
(maximum
28B,OOOkW of a
pumped
storage
po\uer
station).
The
structural
characteristics
of
lwaya Dam are
the follo,vinc.
The first one is the ski-iump
spitlway
with the
capacity of
4,(momls, which was
installed
as an emergency
spillwav.
The second cha.acteristic
is the two sets of radialgate
having
a heiahtofl8.3m
and a width of10.9m
installed
at the
intake
of th€
spillway. This is the
largest.adial
gate
ever
constructed in
rapan.
The
third
and the last
characteristic
is the selective
intake tower of
85m
hi8h,
co6ting
t-lO
million.
The facility
makes it
po6sible
to withdraw
water
from
reqlired
elevation
of the reservoir
after measuring
the ve ical distribution
of the water temperature
and the turbiditv.
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