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Province: Mashonaland Central, in the Kachuta area
Capacity: 160 million cubic meters
River: Dande
Year Mooted: 1960
Year Contract Signed: 1999
Year Construction Started: 1999
Year Construction stopped: Dam 2003/ Tunnel 2002
Year Construction Resumed:2019
Contractor: China International Water and Electric Corporation
Implementing Agency: Zimbabwe National Water Authority
Contract Value: US$253 348 812.44
Project Scope
Construction of a zoned earth-fill dam with maximum height of 43,5 metres and a crest length of 340 metres
- Construction of transfer weir comprising a masonry gravity weir 90 metres long and 6 metres high
- Reinforced concrete sediment excluder and tunnel intake comprising a 7 meters long side weir and 30 meters long culvert
- Conveyance tunnel with a diameter of 1,7m and 7,3km long
- It will be the biggest dam in Mashonaland Central on completion
Benefits
- Agriculture (4 000 hectares) – farmers in Guruve and Mbire districts to benefit.
- As more food is produced, nutrition will improve, school dropouts reduced
- Water for livestock consumption
- Water for industrial use in Guruve and Dande
- Fisheries
- Tourism
- Power generation – 3,6 megawatts
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