Chabrouh Dam in Kesrouan

[Hassoun]

Yes,i read an article about that when they were thinking about building that dam.

[houssam]

[Hassoun]

NICE !!!!!!!!!

Finally we r benefiting from our Water !!!!!!!!!!!

[AmeriLEB]

And its beatifull..very cool it should be almost filled by now..they said June..

Ide love to see those mountains green again..do you think this will help? It wont be so arid

[Ramazzotti]

waiting forward for the Qaraoun Dam

[Hassoun]

What do u mean??Qaraoun Dam is operating for decades now :S i guess u mean,Assi Dam.

[Ramazzotti]

there was a project that was aborted concerning electricity production in 70's that's what i studied in geography lol maybe it has been accomplished ?!

[Hassoun]

oh,yes,the Litani project,well it's not accomplished at all

[Ramazzotti]

what are they waiting for :s

[AmeriLEB]

They didnt complete the Quaraoun dam. The superstructure is done but not all the electrical generating plans and also the irrigation wasn't completed....A spillway of 6503 meters carries the water to the underground station where generators produce a maximum of 185 megawatts of electricity, the largest hydroelectric project in Lebanon.

The dam was intended eventually to provide irrigation for 310 km² of farmland in South Lebanon and 80 km² in the Beqaa Valley. Instead of the water being distributed for irrigation etc...they release it back and out to sea...

The Green Plan, which is a public authority established in 1963 responsible for the development of water reservoirs, and the private sector, have already developed hundreds of small earth and concrete storage pounds, with a maximum per unit capacity of 0.2 million m3. During the period 1964-1992 the Green Plan led to a total of 3.5 million m3 of earth pounds and 0.35 million m3 of concrete pounds.

The Litani River Authority implemented three hillside stock ponds in the early 1970s for a total storage capacity of about 1.8 million m3.

They are reactivating it....It was on hold after the war because of Isreali occupation and subsequent events. Once complete the country will be transformed.....Its major...and some countries do not want it to happen...Especially the dams that affect the flow into Syria and Turkey..ie Orontes river: the two major ones that are next:

-The Bisri dam on the Awali river is currently at the final design stage for a storage capacity of 128 million m3 and is intended mainly for supplying water to Greater Beirut via the conveyur 800 plan

-The Kardalé dam on the middle reach of the Litani river, also to give a storage capacity of 128 million m3, has been postponed at the preliminary design stage, in view of the prevailing adverse security situation in the southern border region. It actually was started and stopped.

[houssam]

r u sure about the numbers (128 million) ... i mean this hole thing only has 8??

[Hassoun]

[houssam]

is it me or that dam could have been much more higher ??

[Ramazzotti]

chou badak y3oum lebnen lol

[houssam]

lol .. no seriusly it's better than throwing it like that into the sea

[AmeriLEB]

Its HUGE..and scary!

[ainmreisiot]

Originally Posted by houssam

lol .. no seriusly it's better than throwing it like that into the sea

The effect of reducing the flow of freshwater into the Med is something I've been wondering about. The Mediterranean's waters are exchanged very slowly. It gets water from the Nile, but I can't think of any other major river that flows into it. The exchange via Gibraltar must be very limited. So as pollution is dumped into the sea, and the flow from the little rivers out of Lebanon and elsewhere is diverted, what will the effect be on the sea's salinity and water quality? Anyone know of any studies on the subject?

On the other hand, the dams might have an interesting effect (or might not!) in creating microclimates in the mountains. Little pockets of humidity and coolness. I wonder...

[Hassoun]

الطاقة: سدّ شبروح أنجز بالكامل ويستقبل 28800 متر مكعب يومياً
اعلنت وزارة الطاقة والمياه - المديرية العامة للموارد المائية والكهربائية في بيان امس، "ان مشروع سد شبروح انجز بالكامل وهو اول مشروع نفذ لانطلاقة الخطة العشرية". واعتبر المدير العام للموارد المائية والكهربائية فادي قمير، "ان لبنان سيؤدي دوراً مميزاً في جبه الاحتباس الحراري ويملك كنزا مائيا، وما نفذته الوزارة في سد شبروح يشكل نسبة تخزين توازي فقط 1 في المئة من الخطة المائية". واوضح أنه تم "بدء تعبئة البحيرة بدءا من آذار 2008 عبر المياه الواردة معظمها من مياه نبع اللبن". ووفق البيان فإنه "ترد حاليا الى محطة المعالجة التي تديرها مؤسسة مياه بيروت وجبل لبنان كمية من مياه بحيرة سد شبروح تعادل 28800 الف متر مكعب يوميا قد تكون حاجة المشتركين حاليا من اصل 60000 الف مربع مخصصة لتكرير وتوزيع مياه السد بالجاذبية". واشار الى "ان عملية التوزيع منوطة بمؤسسة مياه بيروت وجبل لبنان وليس بالمديرية العامة للموارد المائية والكهربائية، وعند اي شكوى بهذا الخصوص يجب مراجعة مياه بيروت وجبل لبنان".
كذلك افادت المديرية بأن "سدّ شبروح خزّن كمية مياه تقارب الـ 9 ملايين متر مكعب، وهي كمية تفوق حاجة المنطقة، سيستعمل منها 8 ملايين متر مكعب، اما المليون الباقي فهو مخصص احتياطا للعوامل الطبيعية كتبخر المياه من جراء الحرارة وخصوصا في فصل الصيف وعامل التسرب الطبيعي في جميع بحيرات التخزين خلف السدود".

[Hassoun]

So the Dam stored 9 million m3 of water.

[AmeriLEB]

Minister Of Energy And Water Accelerates Establishment Of 10 Dams
According to the Lebanese press, the Lebanese Minister Of Energy and Water recently agreed with the Minister of Finance to accelerate the establishment of 10 dams for a total cost of $600 million. The Minister of Finance highlighted that the 10 year plan envisages the establishment of some 27 dams of which only one was completed to date.