| Bawanur Dam | |
| Location Map: | Iraq#Iraqi Kurdistan |
| Location Map Caption: | Location of the Bawanur Dam |
| Coordinates: | 34.8414°N 45.5305°W |
| Country: | Iraq |
| Location: | Bawanur in Sulaymaniyah Governorate |
| Purpose: | Power, irrigation, flood control |
| Status: | UC |
| Construction Began: | 2013 |
| Opening: | 2018 est. |
| Cost: | US$200 million |
| Owner: | Kurdistan Regional Government |
| Dam Type: | Embankment, earth-fill |
| Dam Crosses: | Diyala River |
| Dam Length: | 1190m (3,900feet) |
| Dam Height: | 23m (75feet) |
| Dam Elevation Crest: | 300m (1,000feet) |
| Dam Width Crest: | 9m (30feet) |
| Dam Width Base: | 148m (486feet) |
| Dam Volume: | 1108000m2 |
| Res Capacity Total: | 31000000m2 |
| Res Catchment: | 20142km2 |
| Res Surface: | 4.15km2 |
| Plant Commission: | 2018 est. |
| Plant Type: | R |
| Plant Turbines: | 4 x 8 MW Kaplan-type |
| Plant Hydraulic Head: | 16m (52feet) (net) |
| Plant Capacity: | 32 MW |
The Bawanur Dam is an earth-fill dam currently being constructed on the Diyala River just upstream of the town of Bawanur in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraq. The 23m (75feet) tall dam will support a 32 MW run-of-the-river hydroelectric power station. It will also serve to control floods and provide water for irrigation.[1] In August 2013, the Kurdistan Regional Government signed a US$200 million contract with the Romanian firm, Hidroconstrucția, to build the dam and power station. The project is expected to be complete in 2018.[2]