Latest developments! The right bank of the main dam of Zhujiazui Reservoir is poured and capped.

After 26 months of construction, the main dam project of Zhujiazui Reservoir has been completed with an investment of 100 million yuan, and four dam sections on the right bank have been successfully poured and capped. On the morning of January

10, the reporter saw at the construction site of Zhujiazui Reservoir in the upper reaches of the Baier River that the main base and the middle and lower structures of the dam had been formed, and the four dam sections on the right bank had been capped. At the junction of the No.9 dam section on the right bank and the mountain, the construction workers were cleaning the gravel, and then the excavation machinery piled up the gravel neatly to prepare for the next pouring. Xia Shunping, technical director of construction and management

of Zhujiazui Reservoir Project, said that the right bank of the dam was poured and capped, which marked that the construction of the dam had successfully achieved the schedule target as planned, and the civil construction of the main project had been basically completed.

Zhujiazui Reservoir is the largest rock-fill concrete gravity dam under construction in Shiyan City. The designed maximum dam height is 55 meters and the dam crest elevation is 338.5 meters. Four dam sections are built on the left and right banks respectively. The four dam sections on the left bank have been poured to an average elevation of 330.5 meters. The No.5 dam section in the middle will be poured as a flood discharge channel. Huang Zuozhong, deputy manager of Zhujiazui Reservoir Project in Haochuan,

Hubei Province, said that the total amount of concrete is about 95000 cubic meters, and 91000 cubic meters have been completed, about 95%.

Zhujiazui Reservoir is responsible for regulating and supplying Baierhe Reservoir and improving the water ecological environment in the central urban area. Since the start of construction in November 2020, the main project has completed an investment of 100 million yuan, accounting for about 83% of the total investment, and is expected to reach the water storage conditions by May 1, 2023.