German-Luxemburg power scheme

The sites for two plants of the Ours River hydroelectric scheme, are to be such that one plant will be in Germany and the other just across the border in Luxemburg. At the point where the dam is to be built, the valley is narrow and the conditions favorable. The dam will be 106 meters high, and the average flow is 30 cubic meters per second. The impounded water will back up a distance of 28 kilometers, and flood 20 square kilometers, as well as six towns. In order to obtain more water than the Ours River itself supplies, water will be carried by pipe line from the Kyll River at Birresborn (elevation 335) to the Prum River (elevation 325) at Waxweiler, thence to the Irsen River (elevation 318) and finally to the Ours River. Water will also be drawn from the Sauer River.