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The Owk Reservoir is an earthen dam built across the Paleru River near Owk in the Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh. Here are some key details:
Construction: Built in 1946, the reservoir comprises three smaller dams: Paleru, Gollaleru, and Thimmaraju Cheruvu.
Purpose: It serves as a balancing reservoir, storing water from the Srisailam Right Bank Canal (SRBC) for irrigation and flood control.
Capacity: The reservoir has a gross storage capacity of 4.148 TMC (thousand million cubic feet) and a live storage capacity of 3.131 TMC.
Irrigation: It provides irrigation to an ayacut (cultivated area) of approximately 80,000 acres.
Tourism: Recently, AP Tourism has set up a boat club in the backwaters of Owk Reservoir, offering activities like cruise boats and speed boats.
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Waterfalls: The catchment area of the dam includes two waterfalls, Gollaleru and Paleru.
Owk Reservoir is a vital source of irrigation in the Rayalaseema region and also provides drinking water to nearby villages and towns

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