Mas Chaban Dam

Owner : Département de la Charente

Mas Chaban Dam impounds 14.2 million m³ of water in its reservoir, which is used both for irrigation purposes and for low-flow replenishment of the Charente river.

Floods are discharged through a semicircular morning glory spillway where 20 paired fusegates are installed.

The first fusegates are engineered to tip for floods corresponding to 40% of the Design Flood.

The installation work was completed in just two weeks.

France
Date of completion
1998
Performance
Increase storage capacity
Fusegate type
Labyrinth
Number
20
Height
1.00 m
Width
1.50 m