The Houziyan Dam is an under construction embankment dam

Embankment dam

An embankment dam is a massive artificial water barrier. It is typically created by the emplacement and compaction of a complex semi-plastic mound of various compositions of soil, sand, clay and/or rock. It has a semi-permanent waterproof natural covering for its surface, and a dense, waterproof...

 on the Dadu River in Danba County

Danba County

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, Sichuan province, China

China

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. When completed, the dam will be 223.5 m (733 ft) tall and withhold a reservoir with a normal capacity of 662000000 cubic metre. It will also support a power station with a 1,700 MW capacity; containing 4 x 425 MW generators.

Background

The feasibility report for the project was completed in May 2006 and by July of that same year, the project application was. Construction on the dam began in 2007 and the first generator is expected to be operational in 2014 and the dam complete in 2015.