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The Deduru Oya Dam is an embankment dam built across the Deduru River in Kurunegala District of Sri Lanka. Built in 2014, the primary purpose of the dam is to retain approximately a billion cubic metres of water for irrigation purposes, which would otherwise flow out to sea. Construction of the dam began in 2006 and was ceremonially completed in 2014, with the presence of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.irrigationmin.gov.lk/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=110 )〕 Site studies and design of the dam was done by engineers from the Ministry of Irrigation. The dam, which measures approximately wide, creates the Deduru Oya Reservoir, which has a capacity of . Water from the reservoir is used to irrigate approximately of farmland, while also powering a hydroelectric power station, operated by the Ministry of Power and Energy. In addition to the eight sluice gates, water from the reservoir is channelled from the reservoir (for irrigation) via three canals, namely the ''Left Canal'', ''Central Canal'', and the ''South Canal''. The South Canal is a trans-basin concrete canal measuring , channelling water from the Deduru Oya Reservoir to the Inginimitiya Reservoir at a flow rate of . == See also == * List of dams and reservoirs in Sri Lanka * List of power stations in Sri Lanka 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Deduru Oya Dam」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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