- Client: Dominican Hydroelectric Generation Company (EGEHID)
- Date: March 2014 - June 2018
- Contract: RD$ 10,451,500.00
- Constructor asociado: N/A
Due to the conditions of the original dam which did not guarantee work safety, Palma Sola was completely removed to build a brand new dam which is 14 m high, with a granular filter in its base, a rockfill protection in the upstream slope and grass protection in the downstream slope. Together with the new dam, a water intake was built on the right side of the river. This vertical tower was combined with a deviation work. Both water exits are controlled by guillotine style floodgates. Conduction through the dam is created by a 2 x 2 reinforced inch diameter pipe. The emergency spillway is made up of a thin ridge wall measuring 30 m long in order to discharge a maximum avenue of 100 m3/s. The return period is calculated at 100 years. A rectangular reinforced concrete canal with vertical drops was built to reduce the water erosion speed before reaching the creek’s natural stream.
Servicios provided by the firm:
• Design of the dam
• Design of the intake and unloader.
• Design of the landfill with a 100 m3/s flow
• Design of a 3.00 m3/s intake at the Yacaguate River
• Design of the spillway
