Zaza Dam

Zaza Dam
Location of Zaza Dam in Cuba
Official name	Presa Zaza
Country	Cuba
Location	Sancti Spíritus, Sancti Spíritus Province
Coordinates	21°48′13.23″N 79°21′20.34″W / 21.8036750°N 79.3556500°W / 21.8036750; -79.3556500
Purpose	Water supply, power
Status	Operational
Opening date	1972; 52 years ago (1972)
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Embankment
Height	38 m (125 ft)
Reservoir
Creates	Zaza Reservoir
Total capacity	1,020,000,000 m3 (830,000 acre⋅ft)
Surface area	41.3 km2 (15.9 sq mi)
Operator(s)	Unidad Empresarial de Base Hidroenergía
Commission date	2008-2009
Turbines	2 x 1.35 MW Kaplan-type
Installed capacity	2.7 MW

The Zaza Dam is an embankment dam on the Zaza River about 15 km (9.3 mi) southwest of Sancti Spíritus in Sancti Spíritus Province, Cuba. The dam was completed in 1972 with the primary purpose of irrigation but it also supports a small hydroelectric power station. The dam's reservoir, Zaza Reservoir, has a storage capacity of 1,020,000,000 m³ (830,000 acre⋅ft), making it the largest in the country.^[1] Beginning in the 1990s, the Chinese government helped plan and install the hydroelectric power station. It contains two 1.35 MW Kaplan turbine-generators. The first was commissioned in October 2008, the second in February 2009.^[2]

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