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{{Infobox dam
| name = Lower Pus Dam
| image =
| image_caption =
| name_official = Lower Pus Dam D02869
| dam_crosses = Pus river
| location = Mahagaon
| dam_type = [[Dam#Earth-fill dams|Earthfill]]
| dam_length = {{convert|3346|m|abbr=on}}
| dam_height = {{convert|28|m|abbr=on}}
| dam_width_base =
| dam_width_crest =
| dam_volume = {{convert|6167|km3|abbr=on}}
| spillway_type =
| spillway_capacity =
| construction_began =
| opening = 1983<ref>{{cite web | url=http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Lower_Pus_D02869 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130412232801/http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Lower_Pus_D02869 | url-status=dead | archive-date=12 April 2013 | title=Lower Pus D02869 | accessdate=1 March 2013 }}</ref>
| cost =
| owner = [[Government of Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| res_name =
| res_capacity_total = {{convert|59630|km3|abbr=on}}
| res_catchment =
| res_surface = {{convert|15890|km2|abbr=on}}
| res_max_depth =
| plant_operator =
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| location_map = India Maharashtra
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| coordinates = {{coord|19.8314403|77.6662159|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
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'''Lower Pus Dam''', is an [[dam#Earth-fill dams|earthfill]] dam on Pus river near [[Mahagaon, Yavatmal|Mahagaon]], [[Yavatmal district]] in state of [[Maharashtra]] in [[India]]. There is another downstream dam near [[Pusad]] town called [[Upper Pus Dam]] which was built in 1971.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cwc.nic.in/main/downloads/National%20Register%20of%20Large%20Dams%202009.pdf |title=Specifications of large dams in India |access-date=30 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721165130/http://www.cwc.nic.in/main/downloads/National%20Register%20of%20Large%20Dams%202009.pdf |archive-date=21 July 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Upper_Pus_(Pus)_D01030 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130412225626/http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Upper_Pus_(Pus)_D01030 | url-status=dead | archive-date=12 April 2013 | title=Upper Pus (Pus) D01030 | accessdate=1 March 2013 }}</ref> Other nearby dams are [[Arunawati Dam]] in [[Digras]] built in 1994 and [[Isapur Dam]] built in 1982.<ref>[http://www.cwc.nic.in/main/downloads/National%20Register%20of%20Large%20Dams%202009.pdf Specifications of large dams in India] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721165130/http://www.cwc.nic.in/main/downloads/National%20Register%20of%20Large%20Dams%202009.pdf |date=21 July 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Isapur_D02978 | title=Isapur D02978 | accessdate=1 March 2013 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130412225230/http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Isapur_D02978 | archive-date=12 April 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.cwc.nic.in/main/downloads/National%20Register%20of%20Large%20Dams%202009.pdf Specifications of large dams in India] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721165130/http://www.cwc.nic.in/main/downloads/National%20Register%20of%20Large%20Dams%202009.pdf |date=21 July 2011 }}</ref>

Pus river originates in [[Ajantha, Maharashtra|Ajantha]] range. It flows through Pusad, confluences with [[Penganga River]]
<ref name=tel1>[http://www.telangana360.com/2016/11/penganga-river.html Penganga river], telangana360.com, accessed 6 November 2019.</ref> near [[Mahur, Maharashtra|Mahur]] in [[Nanded district]] of Maharashtra. Penganga River flows into [[Wardha River]],<ref name=tel1/> which in turn into [[Pranhita River]],<ref name=tel1/> and Pranhita in turn flows in to [[Godavari river]]<ref name=tel1/> which end in the [[Bay of Bengal]] just east of [[Rajahmundry]] in the state of [[Andhra Pradesh]].

== Hydrology ==
{{main | Upper Pus Dam#Hydrology | l1= Hydrology of Pus River basin}}

==Dam details==

===Specifications===
The height of the dam above lowest foundation is {{convert|28|m|abbr=on}} while the length is {{convert|3346|m|abbr=on}}. The volume content is {{convert|6167|km3|abbr=on}} and gross storage capacity is {{convert|81160.00|km3|abbr=on}}.<ref>[http://www.cwc.nic.in/main/downloads/National%20Register%20of%20Large%20Dams%202009.pdf Specifications of large dams in India] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721165130/http://www.cwc.nic.in/main/downloads/National%20Register%20of%20Large%20Dams%202009.pdf |date=21 July 2011 }}</ref>

===Purpose===
* Irrigation

==See also==
* [[Dams in Maharashtra]]
* [[List of reservoirs and dams in India]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Dams in Yavatmal district]]
[[Category:Dams completed in 1983]]
[[Category:1983 establishments in Maharashtra]]

Lower Pus Dam - Revision history

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