The dam has enlarged the size of Satpara Lake, generates 17.36 MW of hydroelectricity, supplies power to approximately 30,000 households in the Skardu Valley, irrigates 15,536 acres (62.87 km2) of land and supplies 3.1 million gallons per day of drinking water to Skardu city.

[1] Annual agricultural output in the Skardu Valley is expected to increase more than four-fold, generating about $6 million in additional annual economic benefits to local communities.

[2] Construction of Satpara Dam commenced in April 2003 and completion was scheduled in November 2011.

On 7 January 2011, the Government of Pakistan and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) entered into an Enhanced Partnership Agreement under which USAID agreed to provide US$26 million for the construction of Power House Units Nos.

Height: 128 ft. Width (at top): 80 ft. Spillway: Spillway length: 1,075 ft. Spillway width: 50 ft. Spillway capacity: 5000 ft 3/s Reservoir capacity (gross): 0.0932 MAF (93,385 AF) Reservoir capacity (live): 0.0521 MAF (51,484 AF) Power generation capacity: 17.366 MW Irrigation system: LBC 51933 ft., RBC 58000 ft. Canal Length: Left Bank Canal: 59,000 Ft.