- Source: Rietvlei Dam
The Rietvlei dam is an earth-fill type dam and is one of a number of dams supplying water to the Pretoria region of South Africa. It supplies around 41 million liters of drinking water daily, about 5.9% of the water requirement of Pretoria. The dam mainly serves for municipal and industrial use. Its hazard potential has been ranked high (3).
Constructed as an earth-fill dam wall with a brick core in 1932/4, it was extended between 1988 and 1990 by raising the dam wall with the addition of a concrete wave wall and a reinforced earth barrier wall, as well as a surfaced roadway, on top of the original wall.
The dam is fed by the Rietvlei, a river of the Crocodile River (Limpopo) basin, as well as by five fountains and five boreholes.
The Rietvlei Nature Reserve occupies the area immediately surrounding the dam.
See also
Rietvlei Nature Reserve
References
External links
Ecological State of the Major Rivers and Streams within the Northern Service Delivery Region of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality
Rietvlei Dam - A fishing guide
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Rietvlei Dam
- Rietvlei Nature Reserve
- Rietvlei River
- Crocodile River (Limpopo)
- Hennops River
- Drainage basin A
- List of dams in South Africa
- Palala River
- M31 (Pretoria)
- List of renamed places in South Africa
