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Dam of Oued Athmania
UILT in 2007, Oued Athmania dam—
The piece of work has been built on a homogenous
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reservoir is one of the most complex
land 4«O meters above land level and with a ridge of
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hydraulic components of Béni Haroun.
630 meters.
Situated South of the city of Mila in
It is tted With a diversion gallery of 288 meters,
the Algerian East, it is set up on El—Kaim wadi in
an
injection gallery of 580 meters and a water
the middle of large agricultural lands and at the
taking section.
foot of Djebel Lakhal and djebel Kheneou.
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This
dam IS
connected
to
two
large water
At a few kilometers from Béni Haroun dam, it is
treatment stations (Aïn Tin and Oued Athmania)
the extension and interface of the latter. It is a new
that take in charge treated waters to supply
water point born in the region and that is starting
drinking water for three large transfer corridors.
to attract a fauna little known locally.
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Second link of the Bern Haroun cham, Oued
This dam with a capacity of 33.6 million cubic
Athmania dam, located in a strong agricultural
meters aims to make 475 million cubic meters of
potential area has generated.
water
from Beni Haroun dam
annually tran51t
Some say
it has the blessing of Saint Sidi
through a duct and a tunnel in order to supply
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Khenenou, bur1ed not far from the s1te.
dr1nkmg water to the Wilayas (prov1nces) of
Constantine, Mila, Batna, Khenchla and Oum El—
Bouaghi and irrigate the future important farming
perimeters of Batna and Oum El—Bouaghi.
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