The Dadin Kowa Dam is located in Yamaltu Deba local government area of Gombe State in the North east part of Nigeria.[3] The reservoir which is designed to have a water capacity of 2.8 billion cubic meters making it the 2nd largest dam in the country[4][5] and a surface area of 300 square kilometers, and has potential as a source of fishing.[9] The water supply project was built at a cost of about N8.2billion by CGC Nigeria, a Chinese company, completed during the administration of Governor Mohammed Danjuma Goje.In 2010 it was providing about 30,000 cubic meters daily, treated at a plant three kilometers from the dam before being piped to storage reservoirs in Gombe while supplying communities along the road.[16] Dadin Kowa, which is 0 feet (0 meters) above sea level, has a tropical wet and dry or savanna climate (Classification: Aw).