The contains a 720-metre (2,360 ft) concrete section that supports the power plants and spillway of which contains nine floodgates.

The station contains six SíncronoVertical Francis turbines within generators that have an installed capacity of 246.6 megawatts (330,700 hp) each, totaling 1,479 MW.

In 1986, CHESF, the builders of the dam, agreed to construct irrigation facilities.

[5][6] The World Bank had described CHESF's relocation plan as flawed and financed a $500 million resettlement program if certain criteria were met.

The World Bank estimates that each family will cost $60,000 and the construction of irrigation facilities is slowly progressing.