Kouga Dam
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| Kouga Dam | |
 Kouga Dam |
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| Official name | Kouga Dam |
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| Impounds | Kouga River |
| Locale | Eastern Cape Province, South Africa |
| Maintained by | Department of Water Affairs and Forestry |
| Opening date | 1967 |
| Reservoir information | |
| Capacity | 128,7 million m3 |
| Catchment area | 388700 Ha |
| Surface area | 555 Ha |
| Geographical Data | |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: |
The Kouga dam supplies irrigations water to the Kouga and Gamtoos valleys as well as drinking water to the Port Elizabeth metropolitan area via the Lourie, South Africa balancing dam.[1]
The dam can be accessed by following the R330 and then the R331 from the N2 at Humansdorp. All but the last 4km is tarred road and there is a short tunnel just before the dam wall.
[edit] Power plant
There are three 1200 kVA hydroelectric turbines at the base of the dam, but they are currently not in use.
