Challawa Dam

Challawa dam was built by Julius Berger Nigeria more than twenty years ago using rock fill construction. It is 42 m high and 7.8 km in length. The dam has a full storage capacity of 904,000,000 m3. The direct catchment area is 3857 km2. Located in Kano, the Challawa Gorge Dam is about 90 km southwest of Kano city and it is under the control of Hadejia Jama’are River Basin Development Authority. The dam was constructed several years after the construction of Tiga dam to enhance the capacity of water supply to kano. It is a major reservoir on the Challawa River, a tributary of the Kano River, which is the main tributary of the Hadejia River. The dam is owned and operated by the Hadejia-Jama’are River Basin Development Authority, a Federal agency.