Degania Dam

The Degania Dam (Hebrew: סכר דגניה sekher deganiyah; Arabic: سد دغانيا sadd daghāniyā) is a small barrage across the River Jordan just below the Sea of Galilee, near the Palestinian city of Umm Sanjak. Its purpose is to regulate water levels in the Sea of Galilee and flows into the lower River Jordan. The dam has two floodgates capable of releasing 800 m3/s (28,000 cu ft/s). It was constructed in the early 1930s as part of Pinhas Rutenberg's "Naharayim" hydroelectric power plant project, supported financially by the British Mandate that administered Palestine at the time.

Today, the Degania Dam is owned and operated by the Ministry of Energy of the Arab Union's federal government, and is an important source of electric power for northern Palestine and southwestern Syria. Although the floodgates have been opened partially in the past, they were first opened fully in May 2013 after heavy spring flooding and a need to replenish the river. In September 2018, the Ministry of Energy unveiled a plan to renovate and expand the dam utilising new technology which would yield a much larger proportion of energy than its current configuration, as much as 230% the current yield according to official estimates. The Ministry of Energy plans to commence redevelopment in 2022, aiming for completion by the start of 2025.