Dry Falls Dam is a rockfaced earthfill-type dam in the U.S. state of Washington. Located in Grant County near Coulee City it was built as part of the Bureau of Reclamation’s Columbia Basin Project. Water from the Columbia River impounded by Grand Coulee Dam is pumped into Grand Coulee a formerly dry canyon via the short Feeder Canal. Grand Coulee’s north end is sealed by North Dam and Dry Falls Dam stretches across the midsection of the Coulee.
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