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The Thika dam is a 63m high 458m crest length earthfill dam on the Thika River near Ndakaini 50 km north of Nairobi Kenya. The reservoir has a storage capacity of 70 million cubic meters and serves for drinking water supply. Water is treated at the Ngethu treatment works. The dam has increased the reliability of water supply to Nairobi which suffered water shortages during the dry season before construction of the dam was completed in 1994.