Illsee

Illsee
Location: Canton of Valais , Switzerland Tributaries: various mountain streams Drain: Illbach
Canton of Valais , Switzerland
Coordinates	614 948  /  122915 coordinates: 46 ° 15 '27 "  N , 7 ° 37' 57"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred and fourteen thousand nine hundred and forty-eight  /  122915
Data on the structure
Lock type:	Gravity dam
Construction time:	1923
Height of the barrier structure :	25 m
Height above the river bed :	64 m
Height of the structure crown:	2360  m above sea level M.
Building volume:	24 000  m³
Crown length:	270 m
Operator:	Argessa AG
Data on the reservoir
Water surface	21 ha
Reservoir length	200 m
Storage space	6th 600 000  m³
Catchment area	5.9 km²
Design flood :	5 m³ / s

The Illsee is a reservoir in the canton of Valais in Switzerland and belongs to the municipality of Leuk . It is located about 5 km southeast of Sierre at 2360 m above sea level. M. and has an area of ​​0.21 km².

Only part of the water inflow is natural, i.e. meltwater and rainwater, the greater part is pumped from the Turtmänna into the lake via Oberems VS. As a result, the lake is part of the power plant of the former Illsee Turtmann AG, since the fall of the water rights in 2007, today's Argessa AG.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Waters: Illsee. Fischerverein Leuk, accessed on March 18, 2020 . 
2. ↑ History of Argessa AG. Argessa AG, accessed November 26, 2015 .