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    The Asa River Dam was constructed just outside Ilorin, Kwara State by Julius Berger Nigeria PLC to increase the water supply to towns in the state by approximately 50,000 cubic metres per day. The dam consists of an earth fill dam, concrete gravity dam, and lateral earth dam. During construction, the height of the spillway was raised by one meter, increasing the dam's capacity to 44 million cubic metres. Over 300,000 cubic metres of materials and 36,000 cubic metres of concrete were used to construct the dam and associated facilities, including a water treatment plant.

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    The Asa River Dam was constructed just outside Ilorin, Kwara State by Julius Berger Nigeria PLC to increase the water supply to towns in the state by approximately 50,000 cubic metres per day. The dam consists of an earth fill dam, concrete gravity dam, and lateral earth dam. During construction, the height of the spillway was raised by one meter, increasing the dam's capacity to 44 million cubic metres. Over 300,000 cubic metres of materials and 36,000 cubic metres of concrete were used to construct the dam and associated facilities, including a water treatment plant.

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    The Asa River Dam was constructed just outside Ilorin, Kwara State by Julius Berger Nigeria PLC to increase the water supply to towns in the state by approximately 50,000 cubic metres per day. The dam consists of an earth fill dam, concrete gravity dam, and lateral earth dam. During construction, the height of the spillway was raised by one meter, increasing the dam's capacity to 44 million cubic metres. Over 300,000 cubic metres of materials and 36,000 cubic metres of concrete were used to construct the dam and associated facilities, including a water treatment plant.

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    The Asa River Dam was constructed just outside Ilorin, Kwara State by Julius Berger Nigeria PLC to increase the water supply to towns in the state by approximately 50,000 cubic metres per day. The dam consists of an earth fill dam, concrete gravity dam, and lateral earth dam. During construction, the height of the spillway was raised by one meter, increasing the dam's capacity to 44 million cubic metres. Over 300,000 cubic metres of materials and 36,000 cubic metres of concrete were used to construct the dam and associated facilities, including a water treatment plant.

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    Situated just outside Ilorin, Kwara State capital city, Asa River Dam was constructed by Julius Berger

    Nigeria PLC in order to increase the supply of potable water by approximately 50,000 cubic metres per
    day, to the towns within the state.

    Asa River Dam consists of three sections: a 400m long earth fill dam, a 150m long concrete gravity dam
    and a lateral earth dam with a length of 160m. The earth fill dam is 26m high above the bottom of the
    Asa River and has a width of 150m at the dam foot and of 5m at the crest. The concrete gravity dam is
    20m high and has a width of 12m at the foot and of 3m at the crest. The lateral earth dam is 6m high
    and 23m wide at the foot.

    Considering the size of the Asa River’s catchment area, the 60 meter wide spillway was designed for a
    volume of 1,300 cubic metres per second. A 65m long weir bridge was built over the spillway. During the
    design phase, Julius Berger Nigeria PLC proposed to raise the height of the spillway by one metre. This
    resulted in an increased dam capacity of up to 44 million cubic metres.

    In order to obtain a better smooth and dense surface, prefabricated concrete units were used for the
    construction of the downward side of the spillway. These units served as formwork for the concrete of
    the weir. For economic reasons and to reduce hydration heat to a minimum, waterproof concrete only
    1.0 metre thick was used for the construction of the gravity dam on both the upstream and downstream
    side.

    Unreinforced concrete was used for the core. A drinking water treatment plant with a capacity of 2,300
    m³ per hour was built with precast concrete units. The project also included two 40m diameter elevated
    water tank with a storage capacity of 10,000 m³ each and one 29m diameter elevated pre-stressed
    concrete tank. A total of 300,000m³ of dam material, 36,000m³ of concrete and 620 tons of steel were
    used for this project.

    Dam Usage

    The purpose of the dam includes improvement of water supply to Ilorin and other towns and
    settlements along the river system as well as irrigation, fisheries and livestock development and
    recreation.

    2.1. Study area


    The study area is Ilorin metropolis, north-central Nigeria. The four lakes with earthen dams that provide
    drinking water for the inhabitants of Ilorin metropolis were chosen for this study (Fig. 1). These water
    reservoirs are Asa dam, Agba dam, Unilorin dam and Sobi dam. Asa dam is located on River Asa (8° 44″
    N; 4° 56″ E) at approximately 5 km from the city centre. The dam has an overall length of 597 m and
    storage capacity of 43 million m3 with lake extension of 18 km. The length and breadth of the spillway
    are about 65 m and 14 m respectively with discharge capacity of 79,000 cm3 (Araoye, 2009, Ayanshola,
    2013). Agba dam is located on River Agba (8° 47″ N; 4° 60″ E) which is one of the tributaries of River Asa.
    The dam is 17.8 m high, with the length of 570 m and has a reservoir capacity of 1344 million litres
    (Busari et al., 2014). The University of Ilorin dam (Unilorin dam) is located on River Oyun (8° 46″ N; 4°
    67″ E), with the primarily purpose of water supply to the University community. The dam has a reservoir
    capacity of 1,800,000 m3, live storage capacity of 1,540,000 m3 and the length of the river is 48 km. The
    spillway has a length of 50 m, height of 7.7 m and maximum flood discharge of 434.8 m3/s (Sule et al.,
    2011). Sobi dam (9° 58″ N; 8° 25″ E) is located on River Moro (a tributary of River Asa); and it is the
    second largest dam in Ilorin with yield capacity of 14,000 m3/day (Ayanshola, 2013). It was constructed
    primarily to supply portable water to the Nigerian Army cantonment situated at Sobi, Ilorin.

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    Figure 1. Map of Ilorin showing the location of the lake dams. Inset: map of Nigeria showing the states.

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