Kamburu Dam

The Kamburu Hydroelectric Power Station, also Kamburu Dam is a rock-filled embankment dam on the Tana River in Kenya which straddles the border of Embu and Machakos Counties in Eastern [Province (Kenya)|Eastern Province]. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and it supports a 93 MW power station. Construction on the dam began in 1971 and it was completed in 1975, with the power station getting commissioned the same year. US$23 million of the US$47 million project cost was provided by the World Bank. The power station is operated by the Kenya [Electricity Generating Company] and is part of the Seven Forks Scheme.
The tall dam creates a reservoir with a storage capacity of. The power station is located underground just below the left toe and contains three 31 MW Francis turbine-generators. The difference in elevation between the reservoir and power station affords a net hydraulic head of. Water discharged from the power station travels down a long tailrace tunnel before reaching the Tana at Gitaru Reservoir.