PROJECT DETAILS

Dam Height : 36 m

Dam Length : 201.4 m

Spillway : Main spillway width : 36 m & Fuse spillway width : 70 m

Drilling and Grouting : 6,150 m

Rock Excavation : 41,605 cum

Common Excavation : 80,058 cum

Concreting : 55,622 cum

Purpose : Water Supply

Client : Ministry of Water and Irrigation Jordan valley Authority, Jordan

Scope : Civil, Hydro Mechanical & Infrastructural works

Construction of a cyclopean, massive and reinforced concrete gravity on Wadi Al-Karak situated in Karak Governorate, approximately six kilometres upstream of the Dead-Sea Highway. The purpose of the “Karak Dam” is to augment the water resources available in Wadi Al- Karak by constructing Al Karak Dam. The project is financed by the Governments of Jordan and the United States.