The main purpose of the dam is flood control, irrigation and hydroelectric generation.

The dam and the attached power house were built in years 1976-1981 by the then Yugoslav company GIK Hidrogradnja (of Sarajevo, now Bosnia-Herzegovina).

All the equipment (gates, turbines, generators) were also supplied by the then-Yugoslav companies.

Sites that were excavated as part of this operation included Tell Madhur, Tell Rashid, Tell Saadiya, Tell Yelkhi, and Tell Abada.

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