Lake Vrutak

Lake Vrutak
Lake Vrutak
Location in Southern Bosnia and Herzegovina
Location Hutovo village in Popovo Polje
Coordinates 42°56′05″N 17°49′52″E / 42.934681°N 17.831044°E / 42.934681; 17.831044Coordinates: 42°56′05″N 17°49′52″E / 42.934681°N 17.831044°E / 42.934681; 17.831044
Type Compensation basin for Pump-Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant "Čapljina" (part of Hydroelectric Power System "Donji Horizonti" (English: "Lower Horizons") on Trebišnjica river)
Catchment area Trebišnjica/Neretva
Basin countries Bosnia and Herzegovina
Surface area 1 km2 (0.39 sq mi)
Water volume 1 million cubic metres (810 acre⋅ft)
Surface elevation 270 m (890 ft)
Settlements Hutovo village, Čapljina

Lake Vrutak is artificial reservoir on the Trebišnjica river in Popovo Polje, near Hutovo village, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The lake serves as compensation and storage basin for Pump-Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant "Čapljina".

Hydropower and irrigation system

Lake Vrutak is tha last and smallest of three artificial reservoirs in hydroelectric power plant system Trebišnjica - HES "Donji Horizonti", and serves as compensation basin for Pump-Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant "Čapljina". Other two being Bilećko Lake, the first and largest, and flow-regulation (compensation) basin Trebinjsko Lake just upstream of Trebinje.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "HE BIH". www.elektroenergetika.info (in Bosnian). Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  2. ↑ CHE "Čapljina" - brošura (2014) (pdf); Hidroenergetski sistem sliva Neretva-Trebišnjics: CHE "Čapljina" - JP "EP HZHB" (Bosanski/Hrvatski/Srpski)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.