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Rietvlei Dam

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South Africa Tshwane Rietvlei dam 01
South Africa Tshwane Rietvlei dam 01

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.

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N -25.8767 ° E 28.2658 °
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, Tshwane Ward 91
Gauteng, South Africa
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South Africa Tshwane Rietvlei dam 01
South Africa Tshwane Rietvlei dam 01
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