Lake Vrutak

Reservoir in Hutovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
42°56′05″N 17°49′52″E / 42.934681°N 17.831044°E / 42.934681; 17.831044TypeCompensation basin for Pump-Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant "Čapljina" (part of Hydroelectric Power System "Donji Horizonti" (English: "Lower Horizons") on Trebišnjica river)Catchment areaTrebišnjica/NeretvaBasin countriesBosnia and HerzegovinaSurface area1 km2 (0.39 sq mi)Water volume1 million cubic metres (810 acre⋅ft)Surface elevation270 m (890 ft)SettlementsHutovo village, ČapljinaMap

Lake Vrutak is artificial reservoir on the Trebišnjica river in Popovo Polje, near Hutovo village, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The lake serves as compensation and storage basin for Pump-Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant "Čapljina".

Hydropower and irrigation system

Lake Vrutak is the last and smallest of three artificial reservoirs in hydroelectric power plant system Trebišnjica - HES "Donji Horizonti", and serves as compensation basin for Pump-Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant "Čapljina". Other two being Bilećko Lake, the first and largest, and flow-regulation (compensation) basin Trebinjsko Lake just upstream of Trebinje.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "HE BIH". www.elektroenergetika.info (in Bosnian). Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  2. ^ CHE "Čapljina" - brošura (2014) (pdf); Hidroenergetski sistem sliva Neretva-Trebišnjics: CHE "Čapljina" - JP "EP HZHB" (Bosanski/Hrvatski/Srpski)