Theewaterskloof Dam 2018 02 10 (28425520089)
Theewaterskloof may refer to: * Theewaterskloof Dam, near Villiersdorp, Western Cape, South Africa * Theewaterskloof Local Municipality Theewaterskloof Municipality is a local municipality (South Africa), local municipality located within the Overberg District Municipality, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. As of 2007, the population was 108,790. Its municipality code i ...

Theewaterskloof Dam
Theewaterskloof Dam is an earth-fill type dam located on the Sonderend River near Villiersdorp, Western Cape, South Africa. Administratively it is located within Theewaterskloof Local Municipality. It was established in 1978 and is the largest dam in the Western Cape Water Supply System with a capacity of 480 million cubic metres, about 41% of the water storage capacity available to Cape Town, which has a population of over 4 million people. The dam mainly serves for municipal and industrial use as well as for irrigation purposes. The hazard potential of the dam has been ranked high (3). Dam characteristics Theewaterskloof Dam's earth-fill wall is long and high. An inlet tower and conduit through the wall allow for releases of water into the Sonderend River. The spillway can handle a maximum flood of . The Charmaine intake tower draws water from the reservoir into the Franschhoek Tunnel, which conveys it under the Franschhoek Mountains into the Berg River catchment and ultima ...
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