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The Santa María Dam (Spanish: Planta Hidroeléctrica Santa María) is a reinforced concrete gravity dam and power plant spanning the Samalá River in Zunil Escuintla Guatemala.The dam’s reservoir has a total capacity of 215500 m³. The water is transported to the powerhouse through 614 m long pressure pipe. The plant has 3 different turbines (1 x 2.48 MW and 2 x 2.2 MW) with a total installed capacity of 6.88 MW.