It is located in Solina of Lesko County in the Bieszczady Mountains area of Poland.

The project was slow to begin and with the start of World War II it was put on hold.

After the war ended the plans were revised and now included a larger dam in Solina.

In 1960 work began based on a design by Feliks Niczke of Energoprojekt Warszawa.

An estimated 820,000 cubic meters of cement was used for the construction of the dam, which weighs 2 million tonnes.