Koudiat Acerdoune Dam

The Koudiat Acerdoune Dam is a gravity dam located 9.5 km southwest of Kadiria on the Isser River in Bouïra Province, Algeria. The dam was constructed between 2002 and 2008 with the roller-compacted concrete technique. It serves the purpose of providing water for industrial, irrigation and municipal uses. It retains a 640000000 m3 capacity reservoir which supplies water for the irrigation of 20000 ha of land along with providing the Algiers region with 178000000 m3 of drinking water annually.