Rietvlei Dam

Rietvlei Dam
Official name Rietvlei Dam
Location Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
Coordinates
Construction began 1932[1]
Opening date 1934[1][2]
Dam and spillways
Height 32m[1]
Impounds Rietvlei River[3]
Reservoir
Capacity 12 000m3[1]
Surface area 1.87 square kilometres (187 ha)[1]
Rietvlei Dam

The Rietvlei dam 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[1], about 5.9% of the water requirement of Pretoria.[4]

Constructed as a brick dam wall in 1934, it was extended between 1988 and 1990 by raising the dam wall with the addition of a concrete wall on top of the original wall.

The dam is fed by the Rietvlei River, five fountains and five boreholes.

The Rietvlei Nature Reserve occupies the area immediately surrounding the dam.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Rietvlei Water Treatment Plant". City of Pretoria. http://www.tshwane.gov.za/documents/RietvleiBrochure.pdf. Retrieved 2008-10-19. 
  2. ^ "Rietvlei Nature Reserve: Historic Background". City of Pretoria. http://www.tshwane.gov.za/rietvlei_history.cfm. Retrieved 2008-10-19. 
  3. ^ "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". Water Institute of Southern Africa. p. 5. http://www.ewisa.co.za/literature/files/213%20van%20Eeden.pdf. Retrieved 2008-11-28. 
  4. ^ "State of the Environment Report for the City of Tshwane 2001-2002". City of Pretoria. http://www.tshwane.gov.za/documents/state_of_the_environment_2004.pdf. Retrieved 2008-11-25.