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The Puwa River (or Puwa Khola) is a river in Nepal. It is a right tributary of the Mai Khola.

Puwa River
Puwa Khola, Ilam District
Native namePuwa Khola  (Nepali)
Physical characteristics
MouthMai Khola
  coordinates
26.859383°N 87.912407°E / 26.859383; 87.912407

Location


The Puwa Khola is a tributary of the Mai Khola, and lies entirely within Ilam District.[1] A 1994 environmental impact study of the Ilam hydroelectric project found 14 species of fish in the Puwa Khola.[2]


Farming


The Geya Danda Irrigation System uses water from the Puwa Khola to irrigate 125 hectares (310 acres) in Puwajung, Ilam Municipality-5, Ilam District, just above the river's confluence with the Mai Khola.[1] The 6.2 MW Puwa Khola hydro electrical project is about 500 metres (1,600 ft) above the irrigation system. Access road construction has damaged some of the farmland, and about 250 liters per second (3,300 imp gal/min) of water is diverted to the power station.[3] The diverted water flows along a 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) headrace tunnel and then a 990 metres (3,250 ft) penstock pipe to the power station, which discharges it into the left bank of the Mai Khola.[4] This leaves very little irrigation water in the dry season.[3]


Hydroelectricity


There are four hydroelectric plants along the river.[5]

ProjectPowerStatusCommissioned
Puwa Khola-1 Small Hydropower Plant4 MWLive2017-10-09
Puwa II Hydropower Project4.96 MWConstruction
Puwa Khola Hydropower Station6.2 MWLive2004-04-04
Upper Puwa-1 Hydropower Project3 MWLive2015-01-16

Notes


    1. Sewanta Kattel 2006, p. 1.
    2. Rajbanshi 2002, p. 229.
    3. Sewanta Kattel 2006, p. 4.
    4. Hirakaji Ghale 2005, pp. 3–4.
    5. Puwa Khola PEI.

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