Bin El Ouidane Dam
Dam and hydroelectric scheme, 1.384 km3 reservoir; 135 MW installed, about 287 GWh/year; irrigates about 69,500 ha of the Tadla plain in Morocco.
Operational
The record
- Country
- Morocco
- Location
- Azilal
- Coordinates
- 32.107, -6.464
- Technology
- Dam and hydroelectric scheme
- Capacity
- 1.384 km3 reservoir; 135 MW installed, about 287 GWh/year; irrigates about 69,500 ha of the Tadla plain
- Capital cost
- —
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- Ministère de l'Équipement et de l'Eau; Agence du Bassin Hydraulique de l'Oum Er Rbia
- Contractor
- —
- Operator
- ONEE (hydroelectric plant); Agence du Bassin Hydraulique de l'Oum Er Rbia (reservoir)
- Finance
- —
- Award or start year
- 1949
- Commissioned
- 1953
Record last checked 2026-09-18.
History
- 1949-01
Construction started
- 1953-01
Commissioned
Sources
5 references
Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.
- Structurae, Barrage Bin El Ouidane. structurae.net.
- Reinforced concrete arch dam on the Oued el-Abid, built 1949-1953, 133 m high, 290 m crest, 365,000 m3 of concrete, 135 MW installed and about 287 GWh/year, ski-jump spillway rated 2,500 m3/s, designed by Coyne et Bellier, irrigates about 69,500 ha of the Tadla plain, highest arch dam in Africa when completed.
- Comite Francais des Barrages et Reservoirs, Bine El Ouidane. barrages-cfbr.eu.
- Arch dam, 133 m above foundation, reservoir 1.384 billion m3, commissioned 1953, coordinates 32.1067 N 6.4637 W. EcoActu, Un siecle d'histoire graphique de nos barrages (Feb 2026). ecoactu.ma.
- MENA Water Review major projects register and PPP pipeline — compiled from procurer publications, development-bank project pages and trade reporting; each record names its source.
Lists Bine El Ouidane 1953 at 1,384 Mm3.