Huating Lake

Huating Lake Dam
Huating Lake Dam
	Location within China
Country	People's Republic of China
Location	Chalukou Village (岔路口乡); Reservoir in Taihu County, Anqing City, Anhui Province
Coordinates	30°28′02″N 116°14′51″E / 30.46722°N 116.24750°E
Construction began	1958
Opening date	1976
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Crushed rock and clay embankment
Class	Large
Code	BFAA5102941
Impounds	Changhe (长河)
Height	57.9 m (190 ft)
Length	566 m (1,857 ft)
Elevation at crest	99.4 m (326 ft)
Width (crest)	6.7 m (22 ft)
Reservoir
Creates	Huating Lake; 花亭湖
Total capacity	2.39 billion cubic metres (84 billion cubic feet)
Catchment area	1,880 km2 (730 sq mi)
	Website; hth.gov.cn

Huating Lake (Chinese: 花亭湖; pinyin: Huātíng Hú), also known as the Hualiangting Reservoir (花凉亭水库 Huāliángtíng Shuĭkù), is a large scale reservoir in Taihu County, Anqing City, Anhui Province, People's Republic of China, used for the purposes of flood control, hydro-electric power generation, agricultural irrigation, transport and tourism. The lake is a National Scenic Area, National 4A Tourist Attraction and demonstration site for agro-tourism.

Damming of the lake to create a reservoir began in 1958 and continued until 1962. There was then an eight-year hiatus until 1970 when construction resumed. Fundamental infrastructure was in place by 1976 and the project completed in 2001.^[1]

On October 26, 2009, a 2.1 billion RMB, 23 month reinforcement program began at the reservoir.^[2]

The reservoir provides irrigation for Susong County, Wangjiang County, Huaining County and the eastern part of Taihu County, a total area of some 1.05 million Chinese acres.^[1]