Two dams under construction in Salalah

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources is constructing a flood protection system in the Wilayat of Salalah in Dhofar Governorate, which will also store rain and flood water coming from the mountains and can be used at Salalah Port, Raysut Industrial City, and Salalah Free Zone.

One of the dams is located on the course of Wadi Adonab with a storage capacity of more than 83 million cubic metres of water, as it is the second largest dam in the Sultanate of Oman after Wadi Dayqah Dam in Muscat Governorate.

The second dam is located on the course of Wadi Aanar in Raysut with a storage capacity of 16 million cubic meters of water. The ministry is also developing side protection for the port of Salalah.

Eng Ali bin Bakhit Bait Saeed, Director, Water Resources Department, Directorate General of Agricultural, Fisheries and Water Resources, Dhofar Governorate, said in a statement to ONA that the completion of the ‘Wadi Adonab’ dam project has reached 22 per cent, with a total cost estimated at RO 24 million. The construction is expected to be completed during the second half of 2024. He also indicated that the project includes construction of a dam on the course of Wadi Adonab made of compacted earth, with a length of 386 metres and a height of 68 metres.

The two dams are part of the flood risk protection system, which includes the construction of 5 protection dams in Salalah.

The Director of the Water Resources Department explained that the completion rate of the ‘Aanar’ dam project is 26 per cent, at a cost of about RO 23 million later this year.