Factors for the establishment of the dam

  •    The generation of H.E.P. to run a smelter at new port of Tema and Volta aluminium company.
  •    To control water for irrigation in the dry season.
  •    The river could completely dry up in the dry season since its sources are in the dry plateau of Burkina Faso.
  •     There was need for storing water to be used in the dry season.
  •     To create an inland water away across the volta.
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