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WikiProject Dams is a WikiProject formed to organize and improve articles related to dams. User:WP 1.0 bot/Tables/Project/Dam

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The project's aim is to create, expand, clean up, and organize existing or non-existing dam articles.

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The parent of this WikiProject is WikiProject Civil Engineering. No descendant WikiProjects have been defined.

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There are several main work areas, as well as some other topics that may be paid attention to:

• Dam types. This probably is the one that will disappear first. Only several of these articles are left to create. However, many of these articles need expansion or improvement.
• Particular dams. Creation/expansion/cleanup of articles describing particular dams, their history, structure and function.
• Dam controversy. This is a smaller work area than the other two, particularly focusing on the negative environmental impacts of dams, mostly large dams like the Three Gorges and Glen Canyon Dams. Some dam articles also contain an undue amount of controversy coverage.
• Reservoirs. This may fall under WikiProject Lakes but there is much room for improvement in reservoir-related articles.
• Dam disasters. This may fall under WikiProject Disasters but again, there is much room for improvement in this topic.
• Remaking dam redirects that lead to articles pertaining to reservoirs. Out there, in place of many dam articles, there are redirects to the article about their reservoir. One example is Flaming Gorge Dam, which sat unnoticed as a redirect for nearly three years.
• List of reservoirs and dams ==> List of dams and reservoirs. Other alternative titles include List of dams and their reservoirs, List of dams and related reservoirs, ... Current discussion on project talk page.
• A range of tasks for cleanup available at Cleanup listing.

Progression

• 3.4% List-Class
• 59.9% Stub-Class
• 29.3% Start-Class
• 5.8% C-Class
• 1.2% B-Class
• 0.3% GA-Class
• 0.1% FA-Class

All articles higher than Stub class: 40.1% complete

All articles higher than Start class: 5% complete

All articles higher than C class: 3.8% complete

All articles GA, FA or FL class: 0.4% complete

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List of participants

• Shannon
• NortyNort (Holla)
• Pfly
• Nvvchar
• Rehman
• Bouchecl (talk)
• Bjoertvedt (talk) - (no)
• MChew (Dams in Japan)
• Ng.j
• Bine Mai
• Pepper (talk · contribs)
• Bermicourt - dams in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
• Rsrikanth05 -dams in South India.
• Samar (Talk . Contributions)
• Delirium (talk)
• Arius1998 (talk)
• Rangasyd (talk) – dams, reservoirs, weirs, and lakes in Australia
• Volcanoguy (talk) – Natural dams
• Garry06
• Chongkian (talk) - Dams in Taiwan
• User:Tadfafty - Dams in Oregon, United States.
• Macquaria

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Grand Coulee Dam
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Location	Grant / Okanogan counties, near Coulee Dam and Grand Coulee, Washington, US
Coordinates
Purpose	Power, regulation, irrigation
Status	Operational
Construction began	July 16, 1933
Opening date	June 1, 1942
Construction cost	Original dam: $168 million Third Powerplant: $730 million
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Concrete gravity
Impounds	Columbia River
Height	550 ft (168 m)
Length	5,223 ft (1,592 m)
Width (crest)	30 ft (9 m)
Width (base)	500 ft (152 m)
Dam volume	11,975,520 cu yd (9,155,942 m3)
Spillway type	Service, drum gate
Spillway capacity	1,000,000 cu ft/s (28,317 m3/s)
Reservoir
Creates	Franklin Delano Roosevelt Lake Banks Lake
Total capacity	9,562,000 acre⋅ft (12 km3)
Active capacity	5,185,400 acre⋅ft (6 km3)
Catchment area	74,100 sq mi (191,918 km2)
Surface area	125 sq mi (324 km2)
Power Station
Commission date	1941–1950 (Left/Right) 1975–1980 (Third) 1973–1984 (PS)
Type	Conventional, pumped-storage
Hydraulic head	380 ft (116 m)
Turbines	33: 27 × Francis turbines 6 × pump-generators
Installed capacity	6,809 MW
Annual generation	21 billion KWh
Website http://www.usbr.gov/pn/grandcoulee/

The template {{Infobox dam}} provides an organized space for images and the basic statistics of a particular dam. See the example at right for the basic look of a dam infobox. The infobox at right lacks info in several fields. Put all the information you can into the infobox of the dam you are writing about if possible. Note that the infobox will override the dam name you put in its field; i.e. it will place the name of the article (or talk page or user subpage or whatever) there instead. Title the article with caution.

The Dam Barnstar

• {{subst:The Dam Barnstar}} — The Dam Barnstar may be awarded to an editor who makes significant contributions to Dam-related articles whether improving on or expanding coverage of them.

Assessment

An article can be rated by quality and importance; for example, using {{WikiProject Dams|class=Stub|importance=Low}}. For detailed instructions on quality grading and to see recently tagged articles, see: WikiProject Dams/Assessment. To help assess articles, please see Category:Unassessed Dam articles for the complete list.

Resources

General information

• World World Web Pages for Dam Design (Durham University) - Learn about dams
• Hydropower Dams and Social Impacts: A Sociological Perspective - World Bank Report with detailed information on large human displacements from dams
• The Record of Twelve European Dam Building Companies - Covers controversy on many dam projects
• Roller-compacted concrete dam database
• Geo-referenced dams database - UN FAO

International Journal on Hydropower & Dams' Map and Dam lists

• Europe
• South and East Asia
• Latin America

Africa

• African Dam Factsheet - UN FAO

Asia

• Chinese National Committee on Large Dams - Information on large dam projects in China
• All dams in China before 2003
• National Register of Large Dams in India - 2009 PDF listing basic info on all large dams in India
• Dam Association of Japan, Dam Mania - resources for dams in Japan (use Google Translate for basic info)
• Turkish State Hydraulic Works (DSI) - Info on dams in Turkey

Europe

• Swiss Committee on Dams - List of and information on dams in Switzerland
• Austrian National Committee on Large Dams - List of and information on dams in Austria

North America

• U.S Bureau of Reclamation Database Search - Search for publications on their dams.
• U.S Bureau of Reclamation Photograph Database - Great for finding public domain images.
• National Inventory of Dams - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers database.

Oceania

• Australian National Committee on Large Dams – Information on large dams in Australia

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