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".

Lake Vrutak
Upper compensation basin for Pump-Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant "Čapljina"
Lake Vrutak Location in Southern Bosnia and Herzegovina
Location	Hutovo village in Popovo Polje
Coordinates	42.934681°N 17.831044°E / 42.934681; 17.831044
Type	Compensation basin for Pump-Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant "Čapljina" (part of Hydroelectric Power System "Donji Horizonti" (English: "Lower Horizons") on Trebišnjica river)
Catchment area	Trebišnjica/Neretva
Basin countries	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Surface area	1 km2 (0.39 sq mi)
Water volume	1 million cubic metres (810 acre⋅ft)
Surface elevation	270 m (890 ft)
Settlements	Hutovo village, 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

• Svitavsko Lake
• Hutovo Blato
• Popovo Polje
• Trebišnjica
• Neretva
• Čapljina Hydroelectric Power Station
• List of lakes in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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