Sidi el Barrak Dam

Sidi El Barrak Dam
File:Barrage Sidi El Barraq.jpg Overhead of dam and reservoir
Sidi el Barrak Dam is located in Tunisia Sidi el Barrak Dam Location of Sidi El Barrak Dam in Tunisia
Official name	Barrage Sidi El Barrak
Country	Tunisia
Coordinates	37°01′29″N 08°56′11″E
Construction began	1994
Opening date	2000
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Embankment
Impounds	Oued Zouara River
Height	30 m (98 ft)
Length	500 m (1,640 ft)
Dam volume	2,700,000 m3 (3,531,467 cu yd)
Spillway capacity	517 m3/s (18,258 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
Total capacity	264,000,000 m3 (214,028 acre⋅ft)
Ramsar Wetland
Official name	Barrage de Sidi El Barrak
Designated	2 February 2012
Reference no.	2017

The Sidi El Barrak Dam is an embankment dam centred 18 km (11 mi) northeast of Tabarka and 2 km (1 mi) from the Mediterranean Sea on the Oued Zouara River in the Beja Governorate, Tunisia. Constructed between 1994 and 2000, the primary purpose of the dam is water supply. As part of the Sidi el Barrak Development Project, water stored in the dam is pumped to the Seyjame Dam, at a rate of 265,000,000 m³ (214,839 acre⋅ft) annually. This water is supplied to Tunis, Cap Bon and the Sahel including Sfax for municipal use as well as agricultural purposes. The entire project was completed in 2002.