It supports a 198 MW power station and provides water for the irrigation of 57,500 ha (142,086 acres) of farmland.

The three generators in the power station were commissioned in December 1975, November 1976 and March 1977.

The dam's spillway is controlled by five gates and has a maximum discharge of 8,467 m3/s (299,009 cu ft/s).

To support the reservoir's elevation, there is a 72 m (236 ft) tall saddle dam on the reservoir's rim 2.5 km (2 mi) to the northeast on the Chui Sot River.

[2][3] The power station at the toe of the dam contains three 66 MW Francis turbine-generators and is afforded 84.4 m (277 ft) of design hydraulic head.