Sidi el Barrak Dam

The Sidi El Barrak Dam is an embankment dam centred 18 km (11 mi) northeast of Tabarka and 2 km (1 mi) from the Mediterranean Sea on the Oued Zouara River in the Beja Governorate, Tunisia. Constructed between 1994 and 2000, the primary purpose of the dam is water supply.^[2] As part of the Sidi el Barrak Development Project, water stored in the dam is pumped to the Seyjame Dam, at a rate of 265,000,000 m³ (214,839 acre⋅ft) annually. This water is supplied to Tunis, Cap Bon and the Sahel including Sfax for municipal use as well as agricultural purposes. The entire project was completed in 2002.^[3]

Sidi El Barrak Dam
Overhead of dam and reservoir
Location of Sidi El Barrak Dam in Tunisia
Official name	Barrage Sidi El Barrak
Country	Tunisia
Coordinates	37°01′29″N 08°56′11″E
Construction began	1994
Opening date	2000
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Embankment
Impounds	Oued Zouara River
Height	30 m (98 ft)
Length	500 m (1,640 ft)
Dam volume	2,700,000 m3 (3,531,467 cu yd)
Spillway capacity	517 m3/s (18,258 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
Total capacity	264,000,000 m3 (214,028 acre⋅ft)
Ramsar Wetland
Official name	Barrage de Sidi El Barrak
Designated	2 February 2012
Reference no.	2017[1]