Pepan Dam

Pepan Dam
Location of Pepan Dam in Japan
Location	Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan
Coordinates	43°42′51″N 142°39′55″E / 43.71417°N 142.66528°E / 43.71417; 142.66528
Construction began	1973
Opening date	1997
Dam and spillways
Height	49.2m
Length	312.5m
Reservoir
Total capacity	3800 thousand cubic meters
Catchment area	32 sq. km
Surface area	27 hectares

Pepan Dam (Japanese: ペーパンダム) is a rockfill dam located in Hokkaido Prefecture in Japan. The dam is primarily used for irrigation. It has a catchment area of 32 km² (12 sq mi). The dam impounds approximately 27 ha (67 acres) of land when full and can store 3,800 thousand cubic metres (130×10^⁶ cu ft) of water. The construction of the dam was started on 1973 and was completed in 1997.^[1]