Beautiful as Pieces of Heaven| Waikelo Sawah Dam

Beautiful as Pieces of Heaven| Waikelo Sawah Dam

#short Located at the foot of the hill and surrounded by lush trees and rice fields of local residents, making the atmosphere at Waikelo Sawah very shady and refreshing. sometimes around the pond, you will see some locals who come to just take a bath and wash while enjoying the scenery around. Especially when the dry season comes, Waikelo Sawah will be very crowded. #WaikeloSawah at first glance is similar to a natural cave 4m wide with a height of about 3m, the mouth of the cave forms a pond with very clear water. The water pool at first glance looks calm, but visitors are not allowed to swim due to the large current in the pool. It is said that the pool had a victim. In addition, the water discharge that flows from the Waikelo Sawah dam is quite heavy, which is estimated to reach 1000 liters/second (based on a study conducted by the Public Works Department of Southwest Sumba Regency). The abundance of water flow in Waikelo Sawah has turned out to be very useful for the local villagers. The air flow from Waikelo Sawah is able to irrigate rice fields for several villages including Tema Tana Village, Kalembu Ndara Mane, Mareda Kalada, Pada Eweta, Wee Rame, Dikira and Tanggaba Village. If you look closely, it turns out that in the dam and cave in Waikelo Sawah there is a waterfall which is the source of the water flow. The flow of the waterfall flows into a pond at the mouth of the cave, then dams it and is finally useful for irrigation and hydropower needs. source.https://indonesiakaya.com/library-indonesia/waikelo-sawah-source-mata-air-yang-tak-perah-kering-di-sumba/