Grishk Dam

The Grishk Dam is located on a canal next to the city of Grishk in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan. It is a gravity dam with a hydroelectric power plant. About 2.7 mi (4.3 km) to the northeast is the Canal Intake Structure, which provides water from the Helmand River to Grishk Dam.

Grishk Dam
View of the Canal Intake Structure in 2003, which is about 2.7 mi (4.3 km) northeast of Grishk Dam on the Helmand River
Location of Grishk Dam in Afghanistan
Location	Grishk, Helmand Province, Afghanistan
Coordinates	31°49′35″N 64°35′29″E
Opening date	1945
Dam and spillways
Impounds	Helmand River
Length	67 m (220 ft)
Width (base)	60 m (200 ft)

A 2003 technical journal noted, that the Grishk power plant was commissioned on an irrigation canal in 1945, and had two damaged and obsolete 1.2 megawatt units which would cost US$3 million to repair.^[1]

See also

• List of dams and reservoirs in Afghanistan
• Tourism in Afghanistan