One afternoon in one of the largest dams in Southeast Asia,
the dam Wonorejo, Tulungagung. Slowly the evening sun increasingly turned to
go, he disappears behind the crush of the hill. The sinking sun left a
yellowish complexion glowing in the sky, at the same time it also bounces light
on a stretch of calm water surface dam area of 3.85 million square meters.
Reflection that creates a panoramic mosaic of beautiful colors.
Wonorejo dam was inaugurated on June 21, 2001, this dam is
always crowded with tourists both from within and from outside the city
Tulungagung, even traffic data showed an increasing trend each month. Wonorejo
dam is located in the village Wonorejo, sub Pagerwojo, Tulungagung district,
East Java.
Local authorities keen to promote these attractions, the
routine also held performances of arts and culture in this area, such as
traditional dance or orchestra dangdut, so tourists are coming, not only
because of its natural beauty, but also art and culture.
Tulungagung district government also has complete facilities
and supporting infrastructure for tourists, such as lodging, restaurants, a
jogging track, a family leisure park, and convenient transport links to the
site, which can be traversed by various types of vehicles.
To get into the dam area, when this article was written, the
visitors pulled entrance ticket per person in 2000, after passing the entrance,
visitors staying traveled about 1 km to reach the location of the dam.
The existence of the dam with a capacity of 122 million
cubic meters capacity, is also the raw material for water drinking water
company. There was also a 6.02-megawatt power plant, as flood control for
Tulungagung area covering 1,475 hectares, and local community support
agricultural irrigation of 1,200 hectares.
Other benefits, local people are also using this as a dam
reservoir area of aquaculture, which can produce about 200 tons of fish per
year. This area is also a green belt area for productive crops.
Wonorejo dam has a crest elevation point as high as 188
meters, the dam height of 100 meters, 545 meters long dam and embankment volume
amounted to 6.05 million cubic meters. Next to the building there is a
delegation, which is useful to accommodate the overflow flood, with overflow
capacity of as much as 540 cubic meters per second.
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