Çınarcık Dam

Çınarcık Dam
Çınarcık Dam
	Çınarcık reservoir begins to fill
	Location of Çınarcık Dam in Turkey
Country	Turkey
Location	Mustafakemalpaşa, Bursa Province
Coordinates	40°00′59.39″N 28°46′21.44″E / 40.0164972°N 28.7726222°E
Purpose	Power, irrigation, flood control
Status	Operational
Construction began	1996
Opening date	2002
Owner(s)	Turkish State Hydraulic Works
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Embankment, rock-fill
Impounds	Orhaneli River
Height	125 m (410 ft)
Length	325 m (1,066 ft)
Elevation at crest	333 m (1,093 ft)
Width (crest)	12 m (39 ft)
Spillway type	Service chute, five radial gates
Spillway capacity	5,191.8 m3/s (183,347 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
Total capacity	373,000,000 m3 (302,396 acre⋅ft)
Active capacity	187,000,000 m3 (151,603 acre⋅ft)
Surface area	10 km2 (4 sq mi)
Normal elevation	330 m (1,083 ft)
Uluabat Hydroelectric Station
Coordinates	40°9′10.96″N 28°43′25.25″E / 40.1530444°N 28.7236806°E
Commission date	2010
Type	Conventional, diversion
Turbines	2 x 50 MW vertical Francis-type
Installed capacity	100 MW
Annual generation	548 GWh

Çınarcık Dam is a rock-fill dam on the Orhaneli River about 30 km (19 mi) east of Mustafakemalpaşa in Bursa Province, Turkey. It serves several purposes to include power, irrigation, flood control and municipal water supply to the city of Bursa. The dam was constructed between 1996 and 2002.^[1] Construction of the Uluabat Hydroelectric Station, which the dam supplies water to, began in 2006 and it was commissioned in 2010. The 125 m (410 ft) tall dam diverts water north through an 11.27 km (7.00 mi) long tunnel where it reaches the power station on the southern bank of Lake Uluabat. Water discharged from the 100 MW power station then enters the lake. The dam and power station are owned by the Turkish State Hydraulic Works.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]