Idriss I Dam

{{Short description|Dam in Taza, Morocco}}

{{Infobox dam

| name = Idriss I Dam

| name_official = Barrage Idriss I

| image = حقينة سد ادريس الاول.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| image_caption = Reservoir

| image_alt =

| location_map = Morocco

| location_map_size =

| location_map_caption =

| coordinates = {{coord|34|09|41|N|04|44|57|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| country = Morocco

| location = Taza

| status = O

| construction_began =

| opening = 1973

| demolished =

| cost =

| owner = Office National de L'Electricite (ONE)

| dam_type = Gravity

| dam_height = {{Convert|72|m|abbr=on}}

| dam_height_thalweg =

| dam_height_foundation=

| dam_length = {{Convert|447|m|abbr=on}}

| dam_width_crest =

| dam_width_base =

| dam_volume = {{Convert|450000|m3|abbr=on}}

| dam_elevation_crest =

| dam_crosses = Inaouen River

| spillway_count =

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| spillway_capacity =

| res_name =

| res_capacity_total = {{Convert|1186|e6m3|acre.ft|abbr=on}}

| res_capacity_active =

| res_capacity_inactive=

| res_catchment = {{Convert|3300|km2|abbr=on}}

| res_surface =

| res_elevation =

| res_max_depth =

| res_max_length =

| res_max_width =

| res_tidal_range =

| plant_operator =

| plant_commission = 1978

| plant_decommission =

| plant_type =

| plant_turbines = 2 x {{convert|20|MW|abbr=on}} Kaplan-type

| plant_capacity = {{convert|40|MW|abbr=on}}{{cite web|title=Idriss I Hydroelectric Power Project Morocco|url=http://globalenergyobservatory.org/form.php?pid=41612|publisher=Global Energy Observatory|accessdate=23 August 2011}}

| plant_annual_gen = {{convert|66|GWh|abbr=on}}

| website =

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}}

File:Idriss I Dam OSM map.png

The Idriss I Dam, also known as the Idriss the First Dam, is a gravity dam on the Inaouen River, a tributary of the Sebou River. The dam is situated in the Gharb Basin and is located {{Convert|27|km}} northeast of Fes in Taza and Taounate Province, Morocco. The dam serves to provide irrigation water for {{Convert|72300|ha|acre}} of land and its power plant generates 66 GWh of electricity annually. It is named after Idriss I.{{cite web |title=Idriss I |url=http://www.water.gov.ma/index.cfm?gen=true&ID=80&ID_PAGE=223 |publisher=Secretariat D'etat Charge de L'eau et de L'environnement |accessdate=23 August 2011 |language=French |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212212339/http://www.water.gov.ma/index.cfm?gen=true&ID=80&ID_PAGE=223 |archive-date=12 December 2013 |url-status=dead }} It has faced criticism since it failed to deliver irrigation to the projected number of acres and it has also denied water use to historical downstream agricultural and residential users.Findlay 1994