# Obudu Dam

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{{Use Nigerian English|date=May 2026}}
{{Infobox dam
| name                 = Obudu Dam
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| dam_crosses          = [Abeb River](/source/Abeb_River)
| location             = [Cross River State](/source/Cross_River_State), [Nigeria](/source/Nigeria)
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| dam_length           = {{cvt|425|m}}
| dam_height           = {{cvt|15|m}}
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| opening              = 1999
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| res_capacity_total   = 4.2 million m<sup>3</sup>
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The '''Obudu Dam''' is in [Obudu](/source/Obudu) local government area of [Cross River State](/source/Cross_River_State) in the south east of [Nigeria](/source/Nigeria). It is an earth-fill structure with a height of {{cvt|15|m|yd ft}} and a total crest length of {{cvt|425|m|ft yd}}, and has a capacity of 4.2 million m<sup>3</sup>.<ref name=faoropisin>{{Cite FTP |url=ftp://ftp.fao.org/agl/AGLW/ROPISIN/ROPISINreport.pdf
 |title=Review of The Public Sector Irrigation in Nigeria
 |date=September 2004
 |author=Enplan Group
 |server=Federal Ministry of Water Resources
 |url-status=dead
 |access-date=2017-11-05 }}</ref>
The dam is located within the Obudu crystalline basement plateau, a low-lying undulating region of low seismic activity.<ref>{{cite journal
 |url=http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=3194854
 |title=Geotechnical characterisation of Obudu damsite, Obudu, south-eastern Nigeria
 |author1=ESU E.O. |author2=OKEREKE C.S. |author3=EDET A.E. |author4=OKWUEZE E.E. |journal=Engineering Geology    
 |issn=0013-7952 
 |date=1996
 |volume= 42
 |issue=4
 |pages=285–299
 |publisher=Elsevier, Kidlington
 |doi=10.1016/0013-7952(95)00090-9
 |accessdate=2010-05-21|url-access=subscription
 }}</ref>
The dam was commissioned in 1999 for use in farm [irrigation](/source/irrigation), fishing, and also for recreational and tourism purposes.<ref name=uyigue>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.credcentre.org/Publications/Dams_are_unrenewable.pdf
 |title=DAMS ARE UNRENEWABLE A Discussion Paper 
 |author=Etiosa Uyigue 
 |date=March 2006 
 |publisher=Community Research and Development Centre
 |accessdate=2010-05-21}}</ref>
In September 2000, the paramount ruler of Obudu local government area, Uti Agba, promised that his community would protect the facilities installed at the dam.<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200009220056.html
 |title=Obudu Community Promises Protection for Dam
 |work=Vanguard
 |date=22 September 2000
 |accessdate=2010-05-21}}</ref>

A massive rainstorm in July 2003, combined with release of excess water from the [Lagdo Dam](/source/Lagdo_Reservoir) in [Cameroon](/source/Cameroon), damaged the spillway and caused flooding that destroyed over 200 houses. The estimated cost of repairing the damage and also completing the irrigation works was estimated at N350 million.<ref name=uyigue/>
A 2004 safety review reported that immediate work was required to restore the spillway, at an estimated cost of N272 million.<ref name=faoropisin/>
In July 2009, the Federal government issued a tender for engineering supervision of remedial work on the dam including refurbishing or replacing hydro-mechanical parts, electrical installation and civil engineering infrastructure.<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.confabee.com/confabee/tenders-bids-nigeria/page/109/
 |title=REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) FOR ENGINEERING SUPERVISION OF ORUPU DAM REMEDIAL WORMS
 |date=3 July 2009
 |publisher=FEDERAL MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND WATER RESOURCES
 |accessdate=2010-05-21}}</ref>
The dam has reduced downstream water volumes in Obudu town, causing acute scarcity of drinking water in the dry season.<ref>{{citation
 |url=http://www.cen-rce.org/fre/projects/ace/agnes_presentation.pdf
 |url-status=dead
 |title=Who Should Govern Our Watersheds: A Case Study from Northern Cross River State, Nigeria
 |author=Agnes Ingwu
 |publisher=Canadian Environmental Network
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302125158/http://www.cen-rce.org/fre/projects/ace/agnes_presentation.pdf
 |archive-date=2012-03-02
 |access-date=2017-11-05 }}</ref>

==References==
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{{Dams in Nigeria}}

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Category:Cross River State
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