📜 A crucial water supply and flood protection dam in Karlovy Vary Region.
🔍 Part of the Stanovice – Březová water management system, built from 1972-1978.
🌊 See a significant engineering marvel
🏞️ Important for flood protection of Karlovy Vary
💡 Learn about water management and hydropower
⚠️ Public access to the 1st degree protection zone is prohibited
🚫 Areas near the water reservoir are permanently closed, even for pedestrians
🚶♀️ Limited access for recreational activities
🦠 Cyanobacteria regularly observed during summer
🏢 Povodí Ohře (Ohře River Basin Authority)
🏗️ Earth-fill, rock-fill dam with upstream asphalt seal
📏 Crest length 258m, maximum height 57.5m
💧 Total storage volume 27.8 million m3, total flooded area 142 ha
⚙️ Equipped with two bottom outlets, side safety overflow, and a small hydropower plant
🛡️ Provides 100-year flood protection for Karlovy Vary against various flood wave types