What is a Dam?
A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams. Reservoirs created by dams not only suppress floods but also
provide water for activities such as irrigation, human consumption, industrial use, aquaculture, and navigability.
How Many Dams Are In Uganda
Along with Isimba, Karuma, and Nalubaale projects, there are three other large dams in operation: an embankment dam at Kiira (200 MW);
the Bujagali concrete gravity dam (250 MW); and Achwa (41 MW).
What is the biggest dam in Uganda?
Lake Victoria
Owen Falls Dam (now the Nalubaale Dam) on the Victoria Nile at Jinja, Uganda.
Where in Uganda is most electricity generated?
Uganda’s total installed capacity is 822 MW, generated primarily from Owen Falls Hydropower Station at Jinja in the South-Eastern part of Uganda.
What is the oldest dam in Uganda?
Nalubaale Power Station, formerly known as Owen Falls Dam, is a hydroelectric power station across the White Nile near its source at Lake Victoria in Jinja district.
Its Location coordinates are Latitude= 0.443525, and Longitude= 33.1847 respectively. It is the oldest hydropower station in Uganda commissioned in 1954.
Who built the Owen Falls Dam in Uganda?
In accordance with the spirit of the 1929 Anglo-Egyptian Treaty, colonial Uganda was forced to submit the documents for constructing the Owen Falls dam to Cairo for approval.
The construction of the dam would be the responsibility of the UEB, which was also to administer and maintain the project.