百花湖,位于贵阳市区西北郊,始建于1960年3月,是集水力发电、工业用水和农业灌溉为一体的综合利用人工湖。坝高48.7米,坝长320米,顶宽8米。坝口水深46米,湖水面积13.5平方公里,蓄水量为1.3亿立方米。坝体坐落在猫跳河上,汇集滴澄河水成湖。百花湖名称有两种说法:在大坝左侧有百花坡,是安葬修建水电站牺牲的烈士坟山。烈士墓前陈列着一个个花圈,遂称“百花坡”,又以“百花”命名电站,湖依站名为一说。又一说,建电站时曾经设想由一百名女工管理,故称“百花电站”,湖遂名“百花 Baihua Lake, located in the northwestern suburbs of Guiyang City, was founded in March 1960, is a comprehensive utilization of artificial water lakes, which combine water power generation, industrial water and agricultural irrigation. Dam 48.7 meters high, dam length 320 meters, 8 meters wide top. Dam mouth water depth of 46 meters, the lake area of ​​13.5 square kilometers, water storage capacity of 130 million cubic meters. The dam is located in the cat jumping river, bringing together the drop Cheng Shui into the lake. There are two versions of the name of Baihua Lake: There are Baihua Slope on the left side of the dam, which is buried in the martyrs’ cemetery where the hydropower station was sacrificed. The martyrs tomb display a wreath, then known as “flower slope”, but also to “flowers” named power station, according to the name of a lake. Another said that when it was envisaged to be constructed by a hundred women workers, it was called “Hundred Flowers Power Station”