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The Taum Sauk pumped storage plant is a power station in the St. Francois mountain region of Missouri, United States about 90 miles (140 km) south of St. Louis near Lesterville, Missouri, in Reynolds County. It is operated by Ameren Missouri . Water stored in the upper reservoir is used to generate electricity during peak demand.
Taum Sauk Hydroelectric Power Station: Missouri United States: Due to its being designed without a spillway and continuing to operate when management knew the gauging system was faulty, the upper reservoir was overtopped when water continued to be pumped from the lower reservoir after the upper was already full.
Curious how Geo-Synthetics' webpage about their relining of the upper reservoir disappeared the day after the failure. That wasn't wholly unexpected, but it had some really good pictures of the drained reservoir taken during the relining project. — Kbh3 rd talk 17:52, 16 December 2005 (UTC) Reply (The Google cache still has the pics:)
The upper reservoir was constructed with roller compacted concrete (RCC); and online in 2010, this 54.5-acre (221,000 m 2) reservoir is the largest RCC dam in North America. The 450-megawatt Taum Sauk pumped storage hydroelectric plant began generating electricity again on April 21, 2010. Environmental issues Clean Air Act
Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park is a public recreation area covering 8,781 acres (3,554 ha) on the East Fork Black River in Reynolds County, Missouri.The state park is jointly administered with adjoining Taum Sauk Mountain State Park, and together the two parks cover more than sixteen thousand acres in the St. Francois Mountains region of the Missouri Ozarks.
Taum Sauk Mountain is part of a large parks-and-wilderness area. / 37.5703266°N 90.7279003°W / 37.5703266; -90.7279003. Taum Sauk Mountain / ˈtɔːm ˈsɔːk / [3] in the Saint Francois Mountains is the highest natural point in the U.S. state of Missouri at 1,772 feet (540 m). [4] The topography of Taum Sauk is that of an elongated ...
June 6, 2023 at 8:57 AM. KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The dramatic rupture of the dam that upheld Ukraine's largest reservoir released a torrent of water Tuesday, raising fears of widespread damage and ...
Taum Sauk Mountain State Park. / 37.57139°N 90.72917°W / 37.57139; -90.72917. Taum Sauk Mountain State Park is a Missouri state park located in the St. Francois Mountains in the Ozarks. The park encompasses Taum Sauk Mountain, the highest point in the state. [4] The Taum Sauk portion of the Ozark Trail connects the park with nearby ...