Location 
Uruguai River between Piratuba (SC) and Maximiliano de Almeida (RS). 
Municipality on the right bank: Piratuba (SC).
Municipality on the left bank: Maximiliano de Almeida (RS).
Start of construction work: March, 1998.
Conclusion: July, 2003.

Reservoir
Total area: 79 km2. 
Min. operating level: 465 m. 
Max. level: 485.36 m. 
Flooded area: 56.7 km2. 
Lake perimeter: 500 km
Total stored volume: 3.3 km3. 
Useable stored volume: 1 km3. 
Average depth: 30 m. 
Basin drainage area: 32,050 km2. 

Dam
Type of structure / material: junction dam, faced with concrete.
Height of the crest: 485.50 m. 
Max. height: 126 m. 
Length of the crest: 700 m. 

Socio-environmental actions
Families resettled and compensated: 2,076.
Rural centers covered: 3.
Reforestation and conservation of native forest vegetation: 1.1 million saplings.

Infrastructure
Properties covered: 1272.
Electricity network reinstalled: 24 km. 
Roads relocated and improved: 185 km. 
Mains water network: 27 km.

Spillway
Type: surface.
Max. outflow (exceptionally): 35,703 m³/sec.
Number of sluice gates: 8.

Intake channel
Type: alleviated gravity.
Length: 61.20 m. 
Max. height: 47.20 m. 
Number of individual intake channels: 3.

Dikes
Number: 2 (on land).
Length of the crest: 394/336 m 
Max. height: 22/31 m.

Municipalities coming under the area of influence of the power plant:

In Santa Catarina: Piratuba, Zortéa, Celso Ramos, Anita Garibaldi, Campos Novos and Capinzal.

In Rio Grande do Sul: Machadinho, Maximiliano de Almeida, Barracão and Pinhal da Serra.