Camará Dam

- 7.021846 - 35.776548Koordinaten: 7 ° 1 ' 19 " S, 35 ° 46' 36 " W

The Camara Dam ( bras Barragem Camará ) about five kilometers north of Alagoa Nova in the state of Paraíba in northeastern Brazil broke on 17 June 2004. There were three, five or seven dead and a large property damage.

Overview

The dam is located on the Rio Riachão, a tributary of the Rio Mamanguate, about 1300 miles ( 2080 km ) northeast of Sao Paulo. The building had been completed according to the latest state of the art in 2002 and had 6.5 million U.S. dollar cost (20 million reais ). The shut-off is a 50 m high dam, which was built in RCC construction ( RCC ).

Impact of the spill

In the break after heavy rains, the first to be experienced the system, 17 million cubic meters of water were released. The cause of a design flaw is assumed. Due to the tidal wave 250 houses were destroyed in the 20 km beneath situated place Alagoa Grande and 800 families were left homeless, with more than 3000 people. 300 families were housed in public buildings such as schools. Several hundred businesses lost goods or facilities. The death toll is variously given as 3, 5 or 7.

In addition, the place mulungu was damaged, where there was more destruction. The State Government gave the damage at 9.8 million U.S. dollars to (30 million reais ).

2009 decided that the state government to build the dam again.