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The Misicuni Multiplepurpose Project, better known as the Misicuni Dam, is a concrete-face rock-fill dam partly constructed on the Misicuni River about northwest of the city of Cochabamba, Bolivia. The dam will divert water from the Misicuni River to the Cochabamba Valley for several purposes to include providing water for irrigation and municipal water uses. In addition, the dam will have an associated 80 MW hydroelectric power station when complete. Construction on the dam began in June 2009 but was halted in November 2013 due to contract disputes. The company seeking to build the dam, Empresa Misicuni, is currently rebidding the project. ==Characteristics and costs== The project has three components: * Phase I includes an already completed 20 km tunnel with the capacity to provide 2 cubic meters per second of drinking water and 1 cubic meter per second for irrigation to Cochabamba and the surrounding areas. Its cost was US$84 million. * Phase II includes a 120-meter-high concrete-face rock-fill dam with a 460-hectare reservoir with a storage capacity of 154 million cubic meters, as well as pipelines, pumping stations, a water treatment plant and an irrigation network to irrigate 4,000 hectares (under construction as of 2013). Its cost was also estimated at US$84 million, * Phase III includes a hydropower plant with an installed capacity of 80 MW at an estimated cost of US$200 million (under construction since April 2010). Water will be diverted from the reservoir through a long penstock to the plant.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.dams-info.org/en/dams/view/misicuni/ )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://washlac.wordpress.com/2009/01/28/bolivia-cochabamba-work-on-misicuni-dam-and-water-supply-services-set-to-start/ )〕 The dam will be the highest and largest dam in Bolivia. Misicuni project director Ramiro Saniz said in 2009 that the water from the Misicuni river is not sufficient to fill the reservoir and that other sources are needed.〔 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「Misicuni Dam」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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