DAM IN SARAWAK

BATANG AI HYDROELECTRIC DAMS

Lubok Antu District Administrative Centre already enjoys good road links to other cities in the state. In addition the city is set to become a border city like that will handle activities Tebedu border between Sarawak and Kalimantan, Indonesia.Lubok Antu is located just 16 miles from a settlement known as Badau in Kalimantan. This will increase economic activity in the area. Near the city there is a dam Lubok Antu's first hidroelekterik Sarawak Batang Ai hydropower has been in operation since ten years ago.Batang Ai Hydroelectric dams can generate power by 92 megewatt to meet domestic electricity requirements and communicated throughout the State. Implementation of various development projects in the area had "beat" the poverty and backwardness of the mencengkami and haunt the people.Stumbin area / Bigat / Lingga / Banting in Sri Aman District covering an area of 7,000 ha area is being studied for rice cultivation Mechanisation method.In addition to planning and development in the agriculture, aquaculture enterprises are also encouraged. Batang Ai caged fish breeding enterprise was in operation in 2001 has produced 443.170 kg of fish.Tiger shrimp pond enterprises has also worked at the sub-district Linga by the private sector in addition to efforts to breed fish Longtail also available in Linga.

BAKUN DAM

This dam was built in 1996, the Bakun dam project on the river Balui Electric,Sarawak.

The dam is built using Rockfield Face Concrete Dam (CFRD), which has a height of 205 meters, is the second largest in Asia after China Shibiyanu dam (223 meters).Dam construction is said to be strong. It will collect water from the catchment area of 14,750 square miles or an area covering Kelantan who took 11 percent of Sarawak.

Like other large dams in the world, do not miss the Bakun Dam from attack, both in terms of the rationale for developing hydropower dam or the aspect itself.

Bakun Dam construction also associated with damage to the environment, especially forests, rivers, soils and wildlife.