page_title: Stausee Solis
hierarchical_section_title: Stausee Solis
caption_attribution_description: &#160;Switzerland, &#160;Graubünden, impressions on the Albula line of the Rhaetian Railways between Bergün and Thusis (Stausee Solis lake)
context_page_description: The Stausee Solis is a reservoir on the Albula river, located between Alvaschein, Stierva and Tiefencastel, in the canton of Graubünden. Its surface area is 17.75 ha. Was built in 1986 by the Electric Power Company of Zurich. Until 2012 about 50% of the reservoir volume of 4.1 million cubic metres got lost due to sediment aggregation. A dam of 61 m height and a crown length of 75 m holds back the water in the lake. The water in the reservoir is used for energy production further downstream, in the power plants Sils and Rothenbrunnen. This dam is used as daily storage.
  Due to the low ration between lake volume and catchment area the sediment aggregation plays an important role. Around 100,000 m³ of sediment settles down every year in the lake. In 2012 a sediment bypass tunell was built, which operates only a few days every year, but provides sedimentation almost completely in the reservoir. But there are many investigations due to abrasion in the tunnel to make.
  The dam is located just east of the Solis Viaduct of the Albula Railway.
context_section_description: The Stausee Solis ("Solis reservoir") is a reservoir on the Albula river, located between Alvaschein, Stierva and Tiefencastel, in the canton of Graubünden. Its surface area is 17.75 ha (43.9 acres). Was built in 1986 by the Electric Power Company of Zurich (ewz). Until 2012 about 50% of the reservoir volume of 4.1 million cubic metres (3,300 acre⋅ft) got lost due to sediment aggregation. A dam of 61 m (200 ft) height and a crown length of 75 m (246 ft) holds back the water in the lake. The water in the reservoir is used for energy production further downstream, in the power plants Sils and Rothenbrunnen. This dam is used as daily storage. 
  Due to the low ration between lake volume and catchment area the sediment aggregation plays an important role. Around 100,000 m³ (3,500,000 cu ft) of sediment settles down every year in the lake. In 2012 a sediment bypass tunell (SBT) was built, which operates only a few days every year, but provides sedimentation almost completely in the reservoir. But there are many investigations due to abrasion in the tunnel to make. 
  The dam is located just east of the Solis Viaduct of the Albula Railway.
caption: View from the Rhaetian Railway line
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