Chingaza Dam | |
Name Official: | Chingaza Dam |
Dam Crosses: | Guatiquia River |
Res Name: | Chuza Reservoir |
Location: | Chingaza Natural National Park, Cundinamarca, Colombia |
Operator: | Empresa de Acueducto y Alcantarillado de Bogotá – E.S.P. (Bogotá Water and Wastewater Company) |
Dam Height: | 120m (390feet) |
Coordinates: | 4.571°N -73.704°W |
Chingaza Dam is a large dam in Colombia which supplies water to the capital city of Bogotá. The dam, on the Guatiquia River, is in the Chingaza National Park, 55km (34miles) northeast of Bogotá. The dam is gravel fill with a concrete face. Behind the dam, the Chuza Reservoir holds 223000000m2.[1]
The name Chingaza comes from Chibcha and means "middle of the width".[2]
In January 2002, rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) damaged the dam in an act of terrorism by placing an explosive on a gate valve in one of the dam's tunnels.[3]