{{Short description|Dam in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan}} {{Infobox dam | name = Satpara Dam | image = 250px | image_caption = Satpara Dam | name_official = Satpara Dam | location_map = Gilgit Baltistan#Pakistan | location_map_size = | location_map_caption = Location of dam in Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan | coordinates = {{coord|35|14|40|N|75|38|15|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | dam_crosses = Satpara Stream | location = Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan | dam_type = Concrete-faced earth-filled | dam_length = {{convert|560|ft|m|abbr=on}} | dam_height = {{convert|128|ft|m|abbr=on}} | dam_width_base = | construction_began = April 2009 | opening = November 2011 | status = Operational | owner = Government of Pakistan | operator = Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) | res_name = Satpara Lake | plant_capacity = 17.366 MW }} thumb|Satpara Lake, Skardu thumb|Turquoise water of Satpara lake in Skardu thumb|Satpara lake view from village in Skardu thumb|Sadpara Lake Skardu thumb|Satpara Lake, Skardu

'''Satpara Dam''' is a medium-size multi-purpose concrete-faced earth-filled dam located downstream from Satpara Lake on the Satpara Stream approximately 4 km from the town of Skardu in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.

The dam has enlarged the size of Satpara Lake, generates 17.36 MW of hydroelectricity, supplies power to approximately 30,000 households in the Skardu Valley, irrigates {{convert|15,536|acre|km2}} of land and supplies 3.1 million gallons per day of drinking water to Skardu city.<ref name="wapda1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.wapda.gov.pk/htmls/sataparapj.html |title=SATPARA DAM PROJECT Updated as |access-date=2011-08-20 |archive-date=2015-09-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923031802/http://www.wapda.gov.pk/htmls/sataparapj.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Annual agricultural output in the Skardu Valley is expected to increase more than four-fold, generating about $6 million in additional annual economic benefits to local communities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pakissan.com/english/news/newsDetail.php?newsid=23436|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929162616/http://www.pakissan.com/english/news/newsDetail.php?newsid=23436|archive-date=2011-09-29|title=Completion of Gomal, Satpara dam projects|access-date=2011-08-20}}</ref>

Construction of Satpara Dam commenced in April 2003 and completion was scheduled in November 2011. Power House Unit No. 1 came online on 6 October 2007 and Unit No. 2 on 30 December 2008. On 7 January 2011, the Government of Pakistan and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) entered into an Enhanced Partnership Agreement under which USAID agreed to provide US$26 million for the construction of Power House Units Nos. 3 and 4 and completion of the remaining works on the dam.<ref name="wapda1"/> Power House Unit No. 3 started commercial operation in May 2013 and Unit No. 4 in June 2013.<ref name="wapda1"/>

The dam became operational in April 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/425254-2.36mw-power-house-starts-operation|title = Sanity in parliament}}</ref>

== Salient features == 230px|thumbnail|right|Satpara Lake

'''Dam:'''<br /> Type: Earth-filled<br /> Length: 560&nbsp;ft.<br /> Height: 128&nbsp;ft.<br /> Width (at top): 80&nbsp;ft.

'''Spillway:'''<br /> Spillway length: 1,075&nbsp;ft.<br /> Spillway width: 50&nbsp;ft.<br /> Spillway capacity: 5000&nbsp;ft 3/s

Reservoir capacity (gross): 0.0932 MAF (93,385 AF)<br /> Reservoir capacity (live): 0.0521 MAF (51,484 AF)<br /> Power generation capacity: 17.366 MW<br /> Irrigation system: LBC 51933&nbsp;ft., RBC 58000&nbsp;ft.

'''Canal Length:'''<br /> Left Bank Canal: 59,000 Ft.<br /> Right Bank Canal : 30,000 Ft.

'''Command Area:'''<br /> Total: {{convert|10,131|acre|km2}}<br /> Left Bank Canal: {{convert|8,119|acre|km2}}<br /> Right Bank Canal: {{convert|2,012|acre|km2}}

'''Construction:'''<br /> Contractor: hi tech lubricants Ltd.<br /> Man-hours: 2.4 million<br /> Peak manpower: 450

== See also == {{Portal|Pakistan|Energy}} * List of dams and reservoirs in Pakistan * Satpara Lake * Satpara Stream * List of power stations in Pakistan * Allai Khwar Hydropower Project * Gomal Zam Dam

== References == {{reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.wapda.gov.pk/htmls/sataparapj.html WAPDA Project Details]

{{Dams in Pakistan}}

Category:Dams completed in 2011 Category:Hydroelectric power stations in Pakistan Category:Embankment dams Category:Dams in Gilgit-Baltistan