Wali Tangi Dam is a small dam in the Urak Valley in Balochistan province of Pakistan. It is situated approximately east of Quetta at an elevation of approximately .
Wali Tangi Dam was constructed by the Pakistan ArmyRaymond A. Moore, Jr., "The Use of the Army in Nation-Building: The Case of Pakistan", Asian Survey, Vol. 9, No. 6 (Jun., 1969), pp. 447-456 in the early 1960s to supply clean water to Urak Valley and Quetta for irrigation and human consumption. The dam stores and utilizes fresh water from melting snows in the surrounding Zarghoon mountains, which are part of the Sulaiman Mountains.
See also List of dams and reservoirs in Pakistan
Sources Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema, "The Armed Forces of Pakistan", Allen & Unwin, 2002 Raymond A. Moore, Jr., "The Use of the Army in Nation-Building: The Case of Pakistan", Asian Survey, Vol. 9, No. 6 (Jun., 1969), pp. 447–456
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