Vidraru Dam

Vidraru Dam is a dam in Romania. It was built in 1965 on the Argeş River.

It is an arch dam built on a foundation of rock, and it was built to produce hydroelectricity. Its construction has also created a reservoir, Lake Vidraru. Dam height is 166 meters, arch length 305 meters, water accumulation volume 465 million cubic meters, having a total length of 28km.

Situated between Fruntii Mountains and Ghitu mountains, the lake collects the Capra, Buda and some other small afluents (Raul Doamnei, Cernatul and Valsanul, Topologul, Valea lui Stan and Limpedea), with a total flow of about 5,5 ml /s. The total surface of the lake is 3.930.000 sqm, 10,3 km in legth, with a maximum width of 2,2 km in the Valea Lupului zone - Calugarita. Normal level or water retention is 830,00 meters above the sea level (mdM).

Dam's construction lasted for 5 years and a half. It required 42km of subterranean tunnels, excavation of 1.768.000 cubic meters of hard rocks, out of which approximatively 1 million had to be extracted from the undergrounds, 930.000 cubic meters of concrete , out of which 400.000 cubic meters underground and required the installation of 6.300 tons of electromechanics equipment.

At the completion date, it ranked 5th in Europe, and 9th in the world. In a medium hydrological year it can generate an approximate of 400 GWh/year.

The Vidraru Hydro Power Plant has an installed capacity of 220 MW.

External links

* [http://www.dams.go.ro/dams/arc/vidraru.htm dams.go.ro]

Tourist pictures:
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