Tokwe Mukorsi Dam

Tokwe Mukorsi Dam
Tokwe Mukorsi Dam is located in Zimbabwe Location of Tokwe Mukorsi Dam in Zimbabwe
Country	Zimbabwe
Location	Masvingo
Coordinates
Purpose	Water storage, flood control, irrigation, fisheries, power
Status	Construction suspended
Construction began	1998
Construction cost	US$200 million
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Embankment, concrete-face rock-fill
Impounds	Tokwe River
Height	90.3 m (296 ft)
Width (crest)	8.5 m (28 ft)
Dam volume	1,915,000 m3 (67,600,000 cu ft)
Reservoir
Total capacity	1,750×10^6 m3 (1,420,000 acre·ft)
Catchment area	7,120 km2 (2,750 sq mi)
Surface area	96.4 km2 (37.2 sq mi)
Max. water depth	82.7 m (271 ft)
Power station
Commission date	2015 est.
Installed capacity	12 MW (16,000 hp)

The Tokwe Mukorsi Dam is an unfinished concrete-face rock-fill dam on the Tokwe River, just downstream of its confluence with the Mukorsi River, about 72 kilometres (45 mi) south of Masvingo in Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe. Construction on the dam began in June 1998 but stalled in 2008. Salini Impregilo began to finish the dam in 2011. Heavy flooding in February 2014 caused a partial failure on 4 February, on the downstream face of the dam. By late February the dam had not been fully breached but the unplanned rising reservoir behind the dam caused evacuations upstream. Both upstream and downstream, over 20,000 people were evacuated. Construction of the dam was suspended in June 2014 due to a lack of funding. The power station was expected to be commissioned by the end of 2015. It is 90.3 metres (296 ft) tall and creates a 1,750,000,000 m³ (1,420,000 acre·ft) reservoir, the largest the in country. The associated hydroelectric power station will have a 12 megawatts (16,000 hp) installed capacity.