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| name = Tansa dam<br />
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| name_official = Tansa dam D05126<br />
| dam_crosses = [[Tansa river]]<br />
| location = [[Mumbai]] <br />
| dam_type = [[Dam#Earth-fill dams|Earthfill]]<br />[[Dam#Gravity dams|Gravity]]<br />
| dam_length = {{convert|2804|m|abbr=on}}<br />
| dam_height = {{convert|128.63|m|abbr=on}}<br />
| dam_width_base = <br />
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| dam_volume = {{convert|2670|km3|abbr=on}}<br />
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| opening = 1892<ref>{{cite web | url=http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Tansa_D05126 | title=Tansa D05126 | accessdate=1 March 2013}}</ref><br />
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| res_surface = {{convert|19.1|km2|abbr=on}}<br />
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| location_map = India Maharashtra<br />
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'''Tansa dam''', is an [[dam#Earth-fill dams|earthfill]] and [[dam#Gravity dams|gravity]] dam on [[Tansa river]] near [[Mumbai]], [[Thane district]] in the state of [[Maharashtra]] in [[India]]. The dam is one of the [[Water sources of Mumbai|seven sources]] of drinking water to the city of [[Mumbai]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=TU1JUi8yMDEyLzA4LzE0I0FyMDAxMDA%3D | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024111511/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=TU1JUi8yMDEyLzA4LzE0I0FyMDAxMDA%3D | url-status=dead | archive-date=24 October 2012 | title=Overflowing Modak Sagar water redirected to Tansa | newspaper=[[Mumbai Mirror]] | date=14 August 2012 | accessdate=1 March 2013 | author=Naik, Yogesh}}</ref><br />
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==Specifications==<br />
The height of the dam above lowest foundation is {{convert|41|m|abbr=on}} while the length is {{convert|2804|m|abbr=on}}. The volume content is {{convert|2670|km3|abbr=on}} and gross storage capacity is {{convert|208700.00|km3|abbr=on}}.<ref>[http://www.cwc.nic.in/main/downloads/National%20Register%20of%20Large%20Dams%202009.pdf Specifications of large dams in India] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721165130/http://www.cwc.nic.in/main/downloads/National%20Register%20of%20Large%20Dams%202009.pdf |date=21 July 2011 }}</ref><br />
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==Purpose==<br />
* Water supply<br />
* Drinking water<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Dams in Maharashtra]]<br />
* [[List of reservoirs and dams in India]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Dams in Thane district]]<br />
[[Category:Dams completed in 1892]]<br />
[[Category:1892 establishments in India]]</div>
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