The Daecheong Dam is a combination concrete gravity and embankment dam on the Geum River, 16 km north of Daejeon in South Korea. The multi-purpose dam provides benefits of flood control, water supply and hydroelectric power generation. Construction on the dam began in 1975 and was formally commissioned on 1 December 1980. The 72 m high rock-fill dam has a central clay core and has created a reservoir with storage of 1,490,000,000 m3 .The reservoir is operated by the Korea Water Resources Corporation for flood control, hydro-power generation and water supply.
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