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Studio Pietrangeli

Italy

Busalletta Dam

Engineering services for urban water supply

Italy

Busalletta Dam

Dam built to provide a reservoir for the urban water supply of Genoa.

The concrete gravity dam is a special structure on deformable foundations.

Busalla - Italy

PLACE

PHASE 1: Acquedotto Nicolay S.p.A., Genoa PHASE 2-3: Mediterranea delle Acque S.p.A.

CLIENT

1965-1986 / 1991-2002 / 2005-2008

YEAR

Main Features

  • Gravity dam ( H = 50 m, L = 222 m, V = 155’000 m³ )
  • Spillway on dam crest ( Q = 230 m³/s )
  • Bottom outlet ( Q = 50 m³/s, L = 211 m, D = 2.4 m )

Italy

Busalletta Dam

Engineering
Services

PHASE 1

Preliminary design

Final design

Supervision of construction (with full technical responsibility)

Consultancy during trial impounding and operation

PHASE 2

Preliminary and Final design of the outlet works

Supervision of Construction

PHASE 3

Preliminary design for reservoir augmentation

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