Qaziawa is a concrete gravity dam. Its typical cross section can be described as follows:
• Height of the Dam: 10.00 m from river bottom at dam axis;
• Stream Bed Level: 1095.00 m a.s.l.;
• Width of the valley at the Dam site: about 20 m at the stream bed level;
• Crest elevation: 1108.00 m a.s.l.;
• Crest width: 3 m;
• Length of the dam (at crest level): 104 m;
• Maximum Water Level: 1106.50 m a.s.l.;
• Maximum Dam Operation Level: 1105.00 m a.s.l.;
• Maximum capacity: 141’332 m3;
• Normal water level: 1105.00 m a.s.l.;
• Reservoir area: 0.036 km2
• Catchment area: 9.81 km2;
• Spillway Project Flood: 83 m3/s (1’000 yrs Return Period);
• Spillway length: 20 m.
