List_of_reservoirs_and_dams_in_South_Africa
The following is a partial list of dams in South Africa.
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In South African English (as well as Afrikaans), a dam refers to both the wall as well as the reservoir or lake that builds up as a consequence.[1]
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- N ^ Nett or working capacity
- G ^ Gross or maximum capacity
- I ^ The Bedford and Bramhoek dams form part of the Ingula Pumped Storage Scheme
- D ^ The Driekloof and Kilburn dams form part of the Drakensberg Pumped Storage Scheme
- P ^ The Kogelberg and Rockview dams form part of the Palmiet Pumped Storage Scheme
- S ^ The Steenbras Dam – Upper and Steenbras Hydro-Electric Lower Dam form part of the Steenbras Pumped Storage Scheme
- V ^ The Voëlvlei Dam is an off-channel reservoir supplied by canals from the Klein Berg River, Leeu River and Vier-en-Twintig River, and discharging by canal into the Great Berg River.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dams in South Africa.
- Dam Safety Office – Publications – List of South African Dams from the Department of Water and Sanitation
- Archived List of South African Dams from the Department of Water Affairs (South Africa)
- Department of Water & Environmental Affairs
- SANCOLD, the South African National Committee on Large Dams
- ICOLD, the International Committee on Large Dams
Notes
- Pettman, Charles (1913). Africanderisms; a glossary of South African colloquial words and phrases and of place and other names. Longmans, Green and Co. p. 137.
- "Water Dashboard 23 April 2018" (PDF). City of Cape Town. p. 2. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- "List of Registered Dams – September 2009". Department of Water Affairs (South Africa). September 2009. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
- "I Update". Eskom. November 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2010.[permanent dead link]
- Bedford Dam nearing completion September 2010. "Dam Safety Office 2010/2011 Annual Report" (PDF). Department of Water Affairs, Republic of South Africa. pp. 35–36.
- "DAMS IN SOUTH AFRICA: Eastern Cape". Water Institute of Southern Africa. Archived from the original on 18 December 2009. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
- "DAMS IN SOUTH AFRICA: Western Cape". Water Institute of Southern Africa. Archived from the original on 19 June 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
- R. Lorraine; G. Mullins (May 2011). "Grahamstown's Water Supply: a brief history from 1812 to 2008" (PDF). Annals of the Eastern Cape Museums. 7. Albany Museum. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- "DAMS IN SOUTH AFRICA: KwaZulu-Natal". Water Institute of Southern Africa. Archived from the original on 18 December 2009. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
- "DAMS IN SOUTH AFRICA: Limpopo". Water Institute of Southern Africa. Archived from the original on 19 December 2009. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
- "DAMS IN SOUTH AFRICA: Mpumalanga". Water Institute of Southern Africa. Archived from the original on 19 December 2009. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
- "A Preliminary assessment of the present ecological state of the major rivers and streams within the Northern Service Delivery Region of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality" (PDF). Water Institute of Southern Africa. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2009. Retrieved 28 November 2008.
- "P Pumped Storage Scheme" (PDF). Eskom. October 2005. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
- "Water Origination: The Vaal River System". Rand Water. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
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