Technical data of the Verse dam

Water management 
Reservoir capacity (with forebays)32.9 millionm3
Reservoir level above sea level390,24 m
Catchment area23.84 km2
Reservoir surface area at full capacity (with forebay)1.7 km2
  
Main barrier structure (earth dam/rockfill dam with concrete core inner seal) 
Maximum height above foundation base62 m
Greatest height above the valley floor52 m
Crown length320 m
Crown width15 m
  
Base drains 
laid freely in two adjacent tunnels;
Two shut-off devices and one regulating device per pipe
 
2 steel pipes, diameter each0,80 m
Capacity per bottom outlet4.5m3/s
  
Spillway 
Fixed weir 50 metres long with adjoining reinforced
weir made of reinforced concrete,
Discharge capacity at 45 cm overflow height
approx. 30m3/s
  
Forebay with the Steibachverse forebay dam 
(rockfill dam with clay core seal and sheet pile wall)
 
Reservoir level above sea level390,00 m
Crown height above the foundation base17 m
Crown width7,6 m
Crown length150 m
Largest base width82 m
  
Power station 
Branch pipes from the bottom outlet pipes
to the turbines with diameter (left/right)
0,45/0,30 m
2 machine sets consisting of Francis turbine
with horizontal shaft Effective gradient
53,8 m
Capacity (left/right)6440/350 l/s
Installed lines (left/right)260/140 kW
Average total annual generation
(corresponds to the average electricity requirement of approx.
325 3-person households)
approx. 1.13 GWh/a
The power plant is operated by Lister- und
Lennekraftwerke GmbH, a 100% subsidiary
subsidiary of the Ruhrverband.