O Chum 2 Hydropower Dam

O Chum 2 Hydropower Dam
Official name	O Chum 2 Hydropower Dam
Location	Banlung, Ratanak Kiri Province, Cambodia
Opening date	1992[1]
Owner(s)	Cambodia Government
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Seasonal Storage
Height	10 m (33 ft)
Length	107 m (351 ft)
Impounds	Lam Dom Noi River
Reservoir
Creates	O Chum 2 Hydropower Dam Reservoir
Catchment area	45 km2 (17 sq mi)
Power station
Installed capacity	1 MW
Annual generation	51 GWh

O Chum 2 Hydropower Dam is located on O Chum River, in Banlung, Ratanakiri Province, Cambodia Installed Capacity 1 MW, Annual Energy 51 GW, Seasonal storage hydropower, head 32.6m, height 10m, length 107m, active storage 0.1 million m3, catchment area 45 sq km2 However, in Ratanakiri, local people are apparently facing serious problem related to change of quality of water in the Se San river and it was reported that the quality of water has deteriorated greatly since 1996 (Fishery office & NTFP, 2000). Residents in Ratanakiri have a poor access to electricity. Only 3,529 housholds out of 27,396 total households in the province can access to electricity- a percentage access of 12.8%. Only residents in the 3 towns (Banlung, Lumphat, and Veun Sai) can have electricity. O Chum 2, commissioned in 1993, is a 1 MW mini-hydropower plant located in the north-east of Ratanakiri province. It is owned and operated by the Cambodian government and has an estimated annual generation output of between 2.2-2.5 GWh^[2]

See also

• Mekong
• Mekong River Commission
• O Chum River

Reference

1. ^ Hydropower development in 3S Rivers basin
2. ^ Cambodia’s Hydropower Development and China’s Involvement

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