Andong Dam

The Andong Dam is an embankment dam on the Nakdong River, 4 km east of Andong in Gyeongsangbuk-do province, South Korea.

The purpose of the dam is flood control, water supply and hydroelectric power generation. Construction of the dam began in 1971 and was complete in 1976. The 83 m tall rock-fill, central clay core dam withholds a reservoir of 1248000000 m3 and provides water to an 90 MW pumped-storage power station. The lower reservoir (afterbay) for the power station is created by a 20 m high and 238 m long weir. The power plant is operated by the Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP) organisation.