Location 
Pelotas 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 the building work: March, 1998
Conclusion: July, 2003

Reservoir
Total area: 79 km2 
Normal maximum level of the water: 480 m. 
Minimum operating level: 465 m. 
Maximum 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, faced with concrete
Height of the crest: 485.50 m. 
Maximum height: 126 m. 
Length of the crest: 700 m. 

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

Infrastructure
Properties affected: 1,272
Electricity network rebuilt: 24 km 
Roads relocated and improved: 185 km 
Water collection and distribution network: 27 km 

Spillway
Type: surface
Maximum outflow (exceptional): 35,703 m³/sec
Number of sluice gates: 8
Dimensions of sluices: 8

Intake channel
Type: alleviated gravity
Length: 61.20 m. 
Maximum height: 47.20 m. 
Number of individual inlets: 3

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