Rietvlei Dam
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| Rietvlei Dam | |
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| Country | South Africa |
| Owner(s) | City of Tshwane |
  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,[1] about 5.9% of the water requirement of Pretoria.[2] The dam mainly serves for municipal and industrial use. Its hazard potential has been ranked high (3).
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, 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
References
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- ↑ "State of the Environment Report for the City of Tshwane 2001-2002". City of Pretoria. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
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