Wujie Dam


Wujie Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Zhuoshui River in Ren'ai Township, Nantou County, Taiwan. The dam was built in two stages, from 1919–1922 and 1927–1934, and serves primarily to divert water from the Zhuoshui River to a storage reservoir at Sun Moon Lake and its associated hydroelectric projects. During the Japanese occupation of Taiwan it was known as Bukai Dam.
The dam is located in a narrow gorge about northeast of Sun Moon Lake. It is high and long, forming a reservoir with a design capacity of, now mostly silted up. The diversion tunnel to Sun Moon Lake has a diameter of, with a diversion capacity of. The spillway of the dam consists of six gates with a capacity of.