Shachang Reservoir

Shachang Reservoir

Located 20 kilometers from Miyun County. Completed in May 1973, it involved the excavation of 1.605 million cubic meters of earth and stone. The reservoir has a total capacity of 21.2 million cubic meters, a normal water surface area of 426,000 square meters, and controls a catchment area of 128 square kilometers upstream of the Hongmenchuan River. It includes one main dam, three auxiliary dams, one spillway, two water conveyance pipelines, and two power stations. The main dam has a maximum height of 47 meters, a crest length of 230 meters, and is a concrete wide-joint gravity dam. It provides an average annual water supply of 14.66 million cubic meters, generates over 500,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity per year, and irrigates 40,000 mu of farmland.

Attraction Location

East of Shachang Village, downstream of the Hongmenchuan River, Miyun County