Once complete, the Dauntri Dam development project will supply water to more than 30,000 hectares of land in Battambang and Pursat provinces. Water resources ministry
The Dauntri Dam Development Project, which aims to supply irrigation water to communes in Battambang and Pursat province, is on track for completion this October.
The project, which began construction in June 2018, was funded through a grant from the South Korean government. At present, the project is approximately 97 per cent complete.
Once completed, the dam will be capable of storing 163.1 million cubic metres of water, enough to irrigate about 33,000 hectares during the rainy season and 4,500 hectares during the dry season, in 11 communes.
They include communes in Moung Ruessei and Rukhak Kiri districts of Battambang and Bakan district of Pursat, according to a May 8 statement by the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology.
In addition, the dam will help supply clean water to the locals and mitigate flooding in some downstream areas.
Key components of the project include a 654 metre main dam, a 414 metre spillway and a 462 metre long horse-shoe-shaped outlet tunnel.
The project also includes a pumphouse structure with five gates, a 55-metre-long access bridge,17.3 kilometres of gravel roads, eight drainage structures and three temporary bridges.
Water resources minister Thor Chetha, accompanied by senior ministry officials and staff from the Battambang provincial water department, conducted an on-site inspection of the project in Rukhak Kiri district on Thursday, May 8.
He noted that the project used innovative construction methods, including tunnelling through mountains, rock excavations and improved dam foundation reinforcement techniques.
Water resources minister Thor Chetha led a May 8 inspection tour of the facility, Water resources ministry
On the same day, the Minister and his delegation visited the Sala Ta On Dam development project, located in Sangke and Ek Phnom districts of Battambang province. Also funded by South Korea, it began construction in 2018, with the goal of conserving water from the Sangke River.
It represents phase three of a broader water management plan along the river, following the Sek Sak multipurpose reservoir and the Dang Hort Dam upstream, before the river flows into the Tonle Sap Lake.
The project will irrigate 10,400 hectares of wet-season rice fields and 4,700 hectares of dry-season rice fields.
